Lepton CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.13 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lepton CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lepton CofE 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 | 2.13 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 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 2.13 miles away, the 49th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Station Road, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0DE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Lepton CofE Primary Academy.”
- “Pupils have a thirst for knowledge and information.”
- “They are resilient, hardworking and determined to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of the curriculum, the school does not ensure that pupils have the strong knowledge that they need before moving on to new areas of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 78% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Highburton CofE First Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hill View Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dalton School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published