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Marsden Junior School

PrimaryAges 7–11Academy

Marsden, HD7 6EP · Kirklees local authority

Marsden’s School Grade A better than 91% of towns in England

Its letter
51%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
How full
165 pupils
69% of its 240 places
Free school meals
24%
24 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Marsden Junior School

  • Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 51% of England’s primary schools
  • Room to spare: 165 pupils for 240 places
  • Ofsted: Good, January 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HD7 6) sold for a median £215,000; Marsden’s is £210,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 63%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 51% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Kirklees avg 60%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Marsden Junior 63%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading84%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)76%
England’s schools 73%
Maths81%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling76%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 12 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
50%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
84%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three3%
England’s schools 8% · Kirklees 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Marsden and Kirklees, side by side

2023–2025

All 99 graded primaries in Kirklees. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Marsden’s schools are coloured by their letter.

25%37%49%61%73%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Marsden Junior
ABCDElsewhere in KirkleesMarsden Junior
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolA+35%90%
Holme Junior and Infant SchoolA+4%86%
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years SchoolA+29%83%
Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolA13%81%
Netherthong Primary SchoolA8%80%
Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolA51%80%
Lepton CofE Primary AcademyA17%76%
Hopton Primary SchoolA−11%75%
Mill Lane Primary SchoolA−31%74%
Lydgate Junior and Infant SchoolA−25%74%
Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant SchoolA−19%74%
Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolA−11%74%
Meltham Moor Primary SchoolA−29%74%
Warwick Road Primary SchoolA−19%73%
Norristhorpe Junior and Infant SchoolA−9%73%
Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolA−10%73%
Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolA−13%73%
Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolA−15%72%
Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolA−11%71%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyA−16%71%
Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolB+33%70%
Upperthong Junior and Infant SchoolB+6%70%
Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolB+29%70%
Wilberlee Junior and Infant SchoolB+13%69%
Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary SchoolB+15%69%
Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB+6%69%
Lindley Junior SchoolB+12%69%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary AcademyB+37%69%
Moorlands Primary SchoolB+9%69%
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant SchoolB+15%68%
Hartshead Junior and Infant SchoolB+6%68%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyB14%67%
Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolB33%66%
Co-op Academy Smithies MoorB54%66%
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary AcademyB21%66%
Westmoor Primary SchoolB39%65%
Batley Grammar SchoolB31%65%
Fieldhead Primary AcademyB62%65%
Birstall Primary AcademyB−27%64%
Fixby Junior and Infant SchoolB−31%64%
Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolB−12%63%
Marsden Junior SchoolB−24%63%
Scissett Middle SchoolB−17%62%
Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolB−35%61%
Kirkburton Middle SchoolB−14%61%
Hill View AcademyB−57%61%
St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyB−42%61%
Reinwood Junior SchoolB−28%61%
Howard Park Community SchoolC+19%60%
East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+12%60%
South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolC+15%60%
New Mill Junior SchoolC+26%60%
Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolC+29%59%
Millbridge, A Share Primary AcademyC+52%59%
Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolC+37%58%
Birkby Junior SchoolC+41%58%
Gomersal Primary SchoolC+8%58%
Scholes Village Primary SchoolC+25%58%
Carlinghow AcademyC+40%58%
Hillside Primary SchoolC+48%58%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary AcademyC+33%58%
Crossley Fields Junior and Infant SchoolC27%57%
Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolC7%57%
Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC32%57%
Beaumont Primary AcademyC33%57%
Hyrstmount Junior SchoolC30%57%
Moldgreen Community Primary SchoolC29%55%
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolC17%55%
Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolC16%55%
Dalton SchoolC30%54%
Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant SchoolC−14%53%
Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolC−28%53%
Christ Church CE AcademyC−64%53%
Lowerhouses CofE Primary SchoolC−60%53%
Helme Church of England AcademyC−17%52%
High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolC−47%51%
Overthorpe CofE AcademyC−48%51%
Healey Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolC−33%51%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary AcademyC−21%50%
Ashbrow SchoolC−49%49%
Kirkheaton Primary SchoolC−15%48%
Clough Head Junior and Infant SchoolD12%47%
Meltham CofE (VC) Primary SchoolD11%47%
Newsome Junior AcademyD36%47%
All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolD35%46%
Old Bank AcademyD62%46%
Wellhouse Junior and Infant SchoolD13%45%
Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolD23%45%
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior SchoolD56%44%
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary AcademyD29%43%
Thornhill Junior and Infant SchoolD45%43%
St Paulinus Catholic Primary AcademyD30%43%
Boothroyd Primary AcademyD43%42%
Woodside Green, A Share Primary AcademyD40%42%
Orchard Primary AcademyD−70%38%
Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage SchoolD−40%37%
Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolD−4%32%
St Thomas CE Primary SchoolD−47%31%
Oak CofE Primary SchoolD−51%28%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

168 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
25.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

Marsden Junior School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B−Better than 51% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, January 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Marsden Junior School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HD7 6, the school’s postcode sector

Marsden property prices →
£215,000
median sale, 191 sales in 36 months · Marsden £210,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025HD7 6Marsden
HD7 6Marsden

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£495K
Semi-detached
£239K
Terraced
£200K
Flat
£209K
HD7 6Marsden

Homes in HD7 6 sell for about the same as Marsden’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−Marsden Junior School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Marsden, HD7 6EP

Marsden Junior School: common questions

Is Marsden Junior School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 51% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 63% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, January 2022.

What is Marsden Junior School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2022).

How much do houses cost near Marsden Junior School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HD7 6, sold for a median £215,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (191 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Marsden’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.