Birkby Infant and Nursery School
Birkby Infant and Nursery School is a council school in Huddersfield for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 457 pupils and room for 510. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD1 5HQ01484 223969birkbyinf.comMrs Paula Manser headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 60 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (121 offers for 150 places).
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 150 | 121 | – all offered | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 120 | 120 | 0.8 miles | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 150 | 150 | – all offered | LA |
What a home within 0.8 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (68), language and communications needs (17), Hearing impairment (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Specific learning difficulty (1), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 457 | 491 | 496 | 490 | 488 | 494 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 23% | 28% | 26% | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 83% | 83% | 81% | 82% | 86% | 89% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% | 19% | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.3% | 6.0% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.6% | 4.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 3.8% | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.5% | 17.8% | 22.7% | 25.5% | 11.6% | 14.2% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brambles Primary Academy | Free school | 450 m | 382 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
| Birkby Junior School | Council | 620 m | 541 | Good 2023 | 42 | Compare |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | Academy | 630 m | 398 | Good 2024 | 48 | Compare |
| Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 238 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School | Foundation | 1.1 miles | 327 | Not inspected | 25 | Compare |
| Fixby Junior and Infant School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 307 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Ashbrow School | Council | 1.2 miles | 414 | No overall grade 2025 | 12 | Compare |
| Lindley Junior School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 495 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Birkby Infant and Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Birkby Infant and Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Birkby Infant and Nursery School have?
457 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 510 places, so it is 90% full.
Is Birkby Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 60 places were empty in 2024/25 (13% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Birkby Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 94.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Birkby Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 23.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD1 5HQ
- Telephone
- 01484 223969
- Website
- www.birkbyinf.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Manser
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Greenhead
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 107601 · LAESTAB 3822006 · UKPRN 10070900
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Kirklees council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.