# Newsome Junior Academy

Newsome Junior Academy is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 7 to 11.

It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E150570. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 215
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 150570

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 17 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Newsome Junior Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Newsome Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newsome-academy-e147888): 10 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Castle Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-hill-school-e142420): 210 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/berry-brow-infant-and-nursery-academy-e150568): 450 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2023, before the school changed
- [Hillside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hillside-primary-school-e147629): 880 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fable House](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fable-house-e152466): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Mount Pleasant Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mount-pleasant-primary-school-e130925): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/150570)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150570)

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