Heckmondwike Primary Academy
Primary schoolHeckmondwike Primary Academy is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 411 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), January 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 January 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 78% of pupils at Heckmondwike Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
14% 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 | 78% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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
In a straight line- Brian Jackson CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file300 m
- Heckmondwike Grammar SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 78.9 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade900 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Kirklees
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).