Skelmanthorpe Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.60 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Skelmanthorpe Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–10 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Skelmanthorpe 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 | 1.60 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 1.60 miles, 65th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- That Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2019 to 2020.
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 30 places are published for Reception 2027.
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
- Elm Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–10
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 124 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “This is a happy school where everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “Pupils respond well to the school’s high expectations for their learning and behaviour.”
- “Lessons are calm and purposeful.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, in some other subjects, checks on pupils’ understanding lack precision.”
- “Consequently, some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge or misconceptions.”
- “This means that pupils do not move forward in their learning as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Scissett Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denby Dale First and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kaye's Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Emley First School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cumberworth CofE First School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shelley First School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published