Newsome Junior Academy

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Newsome Junior Academy sits within the Kirklees local authority, a large Yorkshire and Humber borough with 144 primary schools. The school is a mixed, state-funded junior school for pupils aged 7 to 11, with no religious character. In the local landscape, it ranks behind three top-performing peers: Carlton Junior and Infant School, Netherthong Primary School, and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School, about two kilometres away. Kirklees currently has eight primary schools with the top Ofsted grade, so competition for that rating is strong. Newsome Junior Academy itself holds a Good rating, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2019. Headteacher Jane Fraser leads a school of 216 pupils, operating at 90 per cent of its 240 capacity. Over a third of pupils (35.2 per cent) are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly above the national average and gives a clear picture of the community the school serves.

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