Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Heckmondwike, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.76 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school in Heckmondwike, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Holy Spirit 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 | 0.76 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.76 miles away, the 23rd shortest of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Bath Road, Heckmondwike, WF16 9EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “‘Learning is contagious at this school.”
- “This is because leaders have built a new curriculum which is rewarding and purposeful.”
- “Pupils gain the knowledge and skills that they need for the next stage of their education.”
To improve
- “While leaders have carefully considered the curriculum, processes to check how well it is taught are less developed.”
- “For example, there is variance in how well subject leaders check that elements of their subjects are established in the early years.”
- “As a result, some subject leaders do not have a consistent picture of how well the curriculum serves all pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 February 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) | 62% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 25 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.
- Heckmondwike Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published