Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Cleckheaton, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.64 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy is a primary school in Cleckheaton, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Heaton Avenue, 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 | 3.64 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 3.64 miles away, the 18th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- South Parade, Cleckheaton, BD19 3AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 321 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Heaton Avenue are happy and safe.”
- “The school’s behaviour policy clearly demonstrates the stages of consequences and rewards.”
- “Pupils and staff understand the traffic light system and behaviour is starting to improve.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, pupils do not display behaviours that are conducive for effective listening and learning.”
- “Some adults do not intervene swiftly enough to address this disengagement.”
- “However, this curriculum development is at an early stage.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2024 (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) | 41% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 8 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.
- Whitechapel Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Howard Park Community School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hightown Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scholes Village Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published