Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 14 July 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 26 April 2022Graded 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 entry62 applications · 16 places offered · 14 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.9; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2025 3.2; Kirklees median median 2.3
- 2024 3.1; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2023 3.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2022 5.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2021 4.7; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2020 3.8; Kirklees median median 2.5
- 2019 5.3; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2018 4.6; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2017 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 4.8; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 3.6; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Kirklees median
Dashed bars: as Helme Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School (URN 107746), 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 | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 60 | 3.2 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 21 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 18 | 66 | 3.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2019 | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 23 | 1.15 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 92% · Writing 85% · Maths 92% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Kirklees median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 77% | 0% | 110 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 11% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 25% | 5% | 101 | 99 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Helme Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · KirkleesGood20243.2applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · KirkleesRemains Good20221.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · KirkleesSpecial measures Inadequate20233.1applications per place
- 2.4 km · Kirklees20262.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · KirkleesSpecial measures Inadequate20232.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · KirkleesRemains Good202351%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · KirkleesRemains Good20241.7applications per place
- 3.2 km · Kirklees20264.7applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145556 · 382/2055
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 136 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2018
- Replaced
- Helme Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School (URN 107746)
- Address
- Helme, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5RW
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources