Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–10 · Kirkburton, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.90 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School is a primary school in Kirkburton, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (voluntary aided school). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Kirkburton CofE (VA) 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 | 2.90 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.90 miles, the 29th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- That 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019; the biggest swing was from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meals: 15.4% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 6.8% 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
- School Hill, Kirkburton, HD8 0SG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this caring and welcoming school.”
- “They experience a real sense of belonging during their time here.”
- “The school's values of 'love, learn and shine' are well understood by pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders have correctly identified that pupils do not achieve as well in writing as they do in other areas of the curriculum.”
- “This is a work in progress and the full impact is not consistently clear in pupils' work.”
- “However, in lessons, checks made on pupils' understanding do not consistently identify and address their misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Highburton CofE First Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shelley First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lepton CofE Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shepley First School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cumberworth CofE First School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published