Hillside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.06 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hillside Primary School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hillside Primary 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 | 1.06 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
- 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, highest of 7 schools: this one and 6 of the 8 nearest Kirklees primary schools that have results.
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child 1.06 miles away, 36th 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; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
- 48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.8% 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
- Headfield Road, Newsome, Huddersfield, HD4 6LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 302 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “They talk enthusiastically about what they are learning.”
- “They think that their lessons are fun and that teachers listen to their problems.”
To improve
- “Pupils vary in their ability to connect more complex ideas together in some subjects.”
- “However, in some subjects, teaching of the curriculum is less consistent.”
- “Pupils sometimes do not have opportunity to connect important knowledge together.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2025 (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) | 67% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 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.
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Newsome Junior Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Moldgreen Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published