Shelf Junior and Infant School
Primary schoolShelf Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 221 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, November 2024
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 27 November 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 48% of pupils at Shelf Junior and Infant School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 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
In a straight line- Millcourt SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file620 m
- St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Northowram Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Home Farm Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Salterlee Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Calderdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).