Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.13 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.13 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.13 miles from the school, nearer than in both 2025 and 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Road, Scapegoat Hill, Huddersfield, HD7 4NU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 75 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils make the most of their experiences in this small and friendly rural school.”
- “The school is characterised by warm and positive relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “There are high expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
To improve
- “Some pupils need more support to get their reading going.”
- “However, in some other subject areas the adaptations to learning required by some pupils with SEND could be more precisely defined and delivered.”
- “While the curriculums are taught in a logical sequence, some of the activity choices and resources used in class do not focus sharply enough on the key knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Road Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Linthwaite Clough Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published