Carlton Junior and Infant School

Community school·Primary school Dewsbury, Kirklees·WF13 2DQ
Composite score
0.0
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#14,798
National rank
#1596
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#111
In Kirklees
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
0%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
—
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
—
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
40%
73 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
2.43
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
146
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.35 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 569 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.37
00.511.522.53
1 per place
1.9020221.4020232.0320242.0720252.432026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,687
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Carlton Junior and Infant School

Carlton Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 216 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 97.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Competition for places is real here - 40% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (73 first choices for 30 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.35 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Carlton Junior and Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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