Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.37 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (voluntary aided school). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 1.37 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.37 miles from the school, the 57th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 5 of the 25 applications for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Kirklees, and 5 offers went to them.
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
- Goose Green, Upper Denby, Huddersfield, HD8 8UN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 52 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and very proud of their school.”
- “There is a clear sense of belonging.”
- “Pupils benefit from the caring ethos, which prioritises family values even before they join the school.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies.”
- “This means that pupils’ errors are sometimes not corrected, which leads to them repeating these mistakes.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in practice.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 10 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.
- Denby Dale First and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cumberworth CofE First School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birdsedge First School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Skelmanthorpe Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shepley First School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Scissett Church of England Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shelley First School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published