Scissett Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.97 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Scissett Church of England Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Scissett Church of England 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 | 0.97 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's last distance offered was 0.97 miles, the 33rd shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2019; the biggest swing came between 2024 and 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 17.9% and there are 25.2 pupils per teacher; across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees the middle figures are 10.5% and 22.1.
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
- Wakefield Road, Scissett, Huddersfield, HD8 9HR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Scissett Church of England Academy represent the physical embodiment of the school’s aim to be ‘a place where all succeed’.”
- “Pupils live out the school’s values, including love, respect and kindness, in all they do.”
- “They thrive and flourish through the remarkable environment of nurture and care that exists within the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Kaye's Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skelmanthorpe Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denby Dale First and Nursery School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Emley First School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cumberworth CofE First School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Flockton CofE (C) First School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published