Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.75 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 1.75 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 in 2026 lived 1.75 miles away, the 63rd longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 11 first-choice applications for 10 offers; all 10 went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (9%) was not offered a place.
- Of pupils here, 3.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
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
- Butts Road, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, HD4 6TZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 56 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 October 2023
Strengths
- “The warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils are a great strength of Farnley Tyas First School.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, love attending this small, friendly school.”
- “Pupils know how to be good friends, and older pupils clearly enjoy playing with and supporting their younger ‘buddies’.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of lessons, pupils’ work is not aligned closely with the curriculum that leaders have planned.”
- “However, at times, these pupils do not read books that are matched well to their existing phonic knowledge.”
- “This means that they do not make the accelerated progress that they need to catch up with their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 10 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.
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newsome Junior Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hillside Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published