Primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees
Fixby Junior and Infant School
Lightridge Road, Fixby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2HB
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 10 July 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 307
- Places
- 313
- How full
- Nearly full — 307 of 313 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 140 / 167
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Kirklees 027C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 45%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 14%
- Households owning their home
- 88%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 10%
- Adults economically inactive
- 49%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- POLARIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Claire Allen
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Ashbrow
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- URN
- 151324
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbrow SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 54% | 0.5 mi |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 53% | 0.7 mi |
| Christ Church CE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 48% | 1 mi |
| Birkby Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 63% | 1 mi |
| Carr Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 63% | 1 mi |
| Birkby Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 1.2 mi |
| The Mount SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 59% | 1.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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