Shelf Junior and Infant School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed
Shelf Hall Lane, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7LT
Headteacher · Mrs Jill Elam
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Key facts
Pupils221Capacity 315
OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 27 November 2024
Free school meals12.7%
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024.
Last graded inspection, 21 January 2020:
- Overall effectivenessGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Calderdale council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in CalderdaleApplications for September 2026
All 26 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered29
Applications71
First choice26
First-choice offers26
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School0.6 mi
- Northowram Primary School0.8 mi
- Home Farm Primary School1.2 mi
- Salterlee Primary School1.2 mi
- Farfield Primary and Nursery School1.3 mi