Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
This school
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School
Partner infant school
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
Nursery to Year 2 · 310 m away from Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School
Both schools are in Netherhall Learning Campus, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolEvery child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 19 September 2023
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 42% | 60% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 1% | 6% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 54% | 71% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 20% | 27% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 101 | 105 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 102 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 19 September 2023.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Kirklees, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School had 250 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 360. It is a mixed school.