Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Liversedge, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.27 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy is a primary school in Liversedge, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy 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 | 2.27 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 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.27 miles away, the 45th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 47.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.3% 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
- Vernon Road, Liversedge, WF15 6HU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 279 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “At the beginning of the day, smiling staff welcome pupils into a calm and purposeful learning environment.”
- “Caring relationships and gentle encouragement help pupils feel ready to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy lessons and want to come to school.”
To improve
- “Many children start school with gaps in knowledge, including early language.”
- “However, in some foundation subjects, there are occasions when teaching does not support pupils to learn key knowledge and language as well as it could.”
- “On occasion, adults miss opportunities to engage in meaningful conversation to further develop language and vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2026 (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) | 66% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 20 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.
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published