Highburton CofE First Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B81
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD8 0QT
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School
School Hill, Kirkburton, HD8 0SG
Local ranking110th of 132 primary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
144
Capacity
4-10
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 120
- Boys
- 58 (48%)
- Girls
- 62 (52%)
- Capacity
- 144 (83% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.3%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 20.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,649/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.7%
- Black African: 0.8%
80.0%
White British
6.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.3%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Hill
Kirkburton, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 107745
- UKPRN
- 10068721
- Establishment No.
- 3329
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