Lindley Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.11 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lindley Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lindley Church of England Infant 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 | 1.11 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.11 miles away, the 41st shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further out than in 2025 and in 2019, and the longest of the 8 years; it swung sharply, the biggest move being from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 122 first-choice applications for 120 offers: 113 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 5.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.4% 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
- Lindley Ce Infant School, East Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3NE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 359 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are well cared for and safe.”
- “They arrive smiling and show positive attitudes to learning and to each other.”
- “Each day, staff greet pupils warmly at the door.”
To improve
- “However, currently too many pupils have gaps in their basic knowledge and skills.”
- “These gaps are most evident in early reading and writing.”
- “Teaching is not consistent across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 122 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 113 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.
- Lindley Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Reinwood Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Reinwood Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birkby Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published