# Co-op Academy Smithies Moor

Co-op Academy Smithies Moor is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 148 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147534. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 148
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 147534

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), April 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 23 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 66% of pupils at Co-op Academy Smithies Moor met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Fairfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairfield-school-e107802): 190 m. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Carlinghow Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlinghow-academy-e147584): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/healey-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e144963): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), April 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birstall Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birstall-primary-academy-e139356): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-spirit-catholic-primary-academy-e148849): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Becker School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/becker-school-e150896): 1.4 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147534)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147534)

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