Report card · inspected May 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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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 entry42 applications · 21 places offered · 21 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2025 2.3; Kirklees median median 2.3
- 2024 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
- 2023 2.4; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 2.4; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Kirklees median
Dashed bars: as Highburton Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School (URN 107715), 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 | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 53 | 2.3 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 45 | 1.7 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 24 | 58 | 2.4 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 65 | 2.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 74 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 44 | 2.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Highburton CofE First AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place
- 1.1 km · Kirklees20263.4applications per place
- 1.3 km · KirkleesStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · KirkleesRemains Good20233.1applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · KirkleesGood20232.5applications per place
- 3.2 km · KirkleesSpecial measures 20262.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · KirkleesGood20233.1applications per place
- 3.3 km · KirkleesGood20231.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade2024
- 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
- 149941 · 382/3023
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 161 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Highburton Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School (URN 107715)
- Address
- Northfield Lane, Highburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0QT
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources