Highburton CofE First Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.80 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highburton CofE First Academy is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (academy converter). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Highburton CofE First 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 | 2.80 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.80 miles away: 33rd longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.65 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2019; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- In 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 21 Reception offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.4% 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
- Northfield Lane, Highburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0QT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this rural village school.”
- “Warm, respectful relationships between pupils and staff help create a positive sense of community.”
- “Pupils demonstrate the school values of kindness and helpfulness through the way they play and take care of one another.”
To improve
- “However, it remains a recent initiative and the full impact has yet to be seen.”
- “A small number of older pupils need extra help to secure their handwriting and spelling skills.”
- “However, for a small number of pupils, the support they receive does not improve their writing quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lepton CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelley First School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hill View Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Moor Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published