Flockton CofE (C) First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–10 · Wakefield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.30 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Flockton CofE (C) First School is a primary school in Wakefield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Flockton CofE (C) First 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 | 0.30 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.30 miles from the school, the 4th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers: 15 offers went to first-choice families, so 2 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- 37.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees is 11.7%.
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
- Flockton First School, Barnsley Road, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4DH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 80 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Flockton Church of England First School.”
- “Their well-being is at the heart of all the school does.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “As a result, pupils do not have the same depth of knowledge as they do in other subjects such as mathematics and design technology.”
- “However, the written work pupils produce is not presented to a consistently high standard.”
- “Pupils do not always form their letters correctly, and sometimes these inaccuracies are not addressed by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Emley First School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Grange Moor Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Overthorpe CofE Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Skelmanthorpe Academy 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kaye's Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scissett Church of England Academy 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published