# Kirkheaton Primary School

Kirkheaton Primary School is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 335 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148293. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 335
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 148293

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), November 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 47% of pupils at Kirkheaton Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 47% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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.

- [Fields Rise School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fields-rise-school-e149574): 310 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Netherhall Learning Campus High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/netherhall-learning-campus-high-school-e107756): 1.9 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 36.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Dalton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dalton-school-e131849): 2 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 52% 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/148293)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148293)

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