Brambles Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.93 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brambles Primary Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Brambles 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 | 1.93 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 1.93 miles away, the 55th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- That distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2019, though it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- There were 39 first-choice applications for 45 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place and 6 offers went to families ranking it lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Cambridge Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5BU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 382 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils’ behaviour in school is exemplary.”
- “They move through corridors quietly and sensibly, holding doors open for each other and greeting staff as they pass by.”
- “Pupils are polite and remember to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ throughout the day.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, such as art and design or physical education (PE), there is less clarity.”
- “Sometimes teachers are not sure exactly what pupils need to remember from each lesson and over time.”
- “Pupils are not able to complete their work to the high standard that leaders want in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2023 (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) | 56% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 39 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.
- Birkby Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birkby Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School 1.2 mi Good