# Howard Park Community School

Howard Park Community School is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 235 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E107671. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 235
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 107671

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, December 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 7 December 2022
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, 59% of pupils at Howard Park Community School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 59% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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.

- [Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heaton-avenue-a-share-primary-academy-e141904): 1 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/littletown-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107670): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitcliffe-mount-a-share-academy-e149162): 1.3 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hightown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hightown-primary-school-e152495): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed
- [Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-e136511): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gomersal-st-marys-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e107747): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/107671)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/107671)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-park-community-school-e107671, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-park-community-school-e107671#sc-results.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-park-community-school-e107671