Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School

Community school·Primary school Mirfield, Kirklees·WF14 0BE
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1217
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#89
In Kirklees
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
148
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7920220.9220230.9020240.9120250.742026

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

Every child who put Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
516
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,684
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School at a glance

Located in Mirfield, Kirklees, Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 516 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 58 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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