Skelmanthorpe Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD8 9DZ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Smithy Close, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DQ
Local ranking102nd of 132 primary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
180
Capacity
4-10
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 146
- Boys
- 69 (47%)
- Girls
- 77 (53%)
- Capacity
- 180 (81% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.2%
- EAL
- 0.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,219/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 97.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
97.2%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
0.7%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Smithy Close
Huddersfield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 143228
- UKPRN
- 10057864
- Establishment No.
- 3328
- Trust
- LEARNING ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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