Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cleckheaton, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.10 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitechapel Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cleckheaton, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Whitechapel Church of England Primary 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 | 2.10 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 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 2.10 miles, further than in 2025; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 12.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29% 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
- Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 6HR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe this school as being like one big family.”
- “They enjoy being part of the friendly, purposeful community.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are kind and respectful.”
To improve
- “Assessment in the foundation subjects is at different stages of development.”
- “Work is underway to develop effective systems for each subject.”
- “A very small minority of pupils with SEND sometimes struggle to regulate their behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Howard Park Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Scholes Village Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hightown Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published