Nields Academy
Primary schoolNields Academy is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 155 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), November 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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, 77% of pupils at Nields Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 77% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 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- Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Wilberlee Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Linthwaite Clough Primary SchoolPrimary. Inadequate (overall), September 2023, before the school changed, special measures1.9 km
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).