Shelley First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.75 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shelley First School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Shelley First 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 | 2.75 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 2.75 miles away, 34th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.65 miles).
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, most from 2020 to 2021; in 2026 it was about the same as 2025 and nearer than 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 1.9%, against a middle figure of 7.1% 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
- School Terrace, Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “The school embodies Shelley values that include caring for each other, having respect, supporting everyone and celebrating successes.”
- “The school is inclusive and provides pupils with experiences to develop their interests and talents.”
- “They apply the skills they have developed in sports competitions and performances.”
To improve
- “The impact of the curriculum has been less strong in some foundation subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.
- Shepley First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cumberworth CofE First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highburton CofE First Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Birdsedge First School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Skelmanthorpe Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published