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Shelley First School

  • 4–10Ages
  • 159Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143793URN

School Terrace, Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8HU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Kirklees median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees

65 applications for 26 places · 43rd of 107 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 1 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Kirklees median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

65 applications · 26 places offered · 26 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.5; Kirklees median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
  9. 2018 2.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
  10. 2017 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Kirklees median

Dashed bars: as Shelley First School (URN 107662), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626652.5261.00
Sep 202528552.0281.00
Sep 202419663.5170.89
Sep 202331812.6300.97
Sep 202226793.0240.92
Sep 202130742.5290.97
Sep 202026672.6261.00
Sep 201932852.7300.94
Sep 201834932.7381.12
Sep 201721612.9190.90
Sep 2016 *34752.2371.09
Sep 2015 *34641.9320.94
Sep 2014 *34722.1330.97

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143793 · 382/2094
Trust
The Mast Academy Trust
Capacity
196 pupils · 159 on roll
Free school meals
1.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2016
Replaced
Shelley First School (URN 107662)
Address
School Terrace, Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8HU
Local authority
Kirklees

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