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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 29 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 28 January 2020Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry48 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2025 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.3
- 2024 3.2; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2023 3.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2022 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2021 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2020 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2019 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2018 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2017 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2016 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Kirklees median
Dashed bars: as Skelmanthorpe First and Nursery School (URN 107652), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 19 | 48 | 2.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 56 | 3.0 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 22 | 55 | 2.5 | 18 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 23 | 58 | 2.5 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 60 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 19 | 40 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 16 | 35 | 2.2 | 12 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 43 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Skelmanthorpe AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.5applications per place
- 0.5 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place
- 1.4 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
- 1.5 km · KirkleesGood20232.3applications per place
- 2.3 km · Kirklees20262.1applications per place
- 2.8 km · KirkleesOutstanding20242.4applications per place
- 3.1 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20244.3applications per place
- 3.5 km · KirkleesGood20232.5applications per place
- 3.7 km · Kirklees20262.5applications per place
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143230 · 382/2082
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 124 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Skelmanthorpe First and Nursery School (URN 107652)
- Address
- Elm Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DZ
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources