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Voluntary aided school · Kirklees

Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School

  • 4–10Ages
  • 117Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 107745URN

School Hill, Kirkburton, HD8 0SG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
1.0 above Kirklees median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees

58 applications for 17 places · 7th of 107 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 30 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 8 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.4applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Kirklees median (2.4) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

58 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.4; Kirklees median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.9; Kirklees median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.3; Kirklees median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.1; Kirklees median median 2.4
  9. 2018 3.2; Kirklees median median 2.4
  10. 2017 3.1; Kirklees median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.0; Kirklees median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Kirklees median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Kirklees median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202617583.4171.00
Sep 202519563.0180.95
Sep 202417673.9160.94
Sep 202315493.3151.00
Sep 202221542.6211.00
Sep 202120582.9180.90
Sep 202021612.9180.86
Sep 201921643.1190.90
Sep 201818573.2181.00
Sep 201718563.1181.00
Sep 201624662.8160.67
Sep 201519532.8180.95
Sep 201419382.0180.95

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
107745 · 382/3329
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
144 pupils · 117 on roll
Free school meals
15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
School Hill, Kirkburton, HD8 0SG
Local authority
Kirklees

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources