St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.53 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic 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 | 1.53 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: the last child offered a place lived 1.53 miles away, the 60th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Grosvenor Road, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 9HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 310 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are nurtured and safe at this welcoming school.”
- “They enjoy the care and support they receive.”
- “The school prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, routines to reinforce pupils’ previous learning are not as strong.”
- “While pupils are clear on their current learning in subjects, such as history and science, their recall over a longer term is less secure.”
- “This is not the case in writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2024 (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) | 61% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Dalton School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hill View Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moldgreen Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Lowerhouses CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkheaton Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published