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193 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Kirklees has 182 state schools: 144 primary, 24 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 63,817 pupils. 124 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.5 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

14 have a sixth form. 76 take children from age three or under. 54 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 1 is selective and sets an entrance test. How the score works.

Good or better
122
of 137 rated
Average score
4.5
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Wilberlee Junior and Infant School Good · ×0.58 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) North Huddersfield Trust School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Westborough High School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Purlwell Infant and Nursery School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Royds Hall, A Share Academy Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Kirklees

Primary schools: Kirklees' own term is 'Priority Admission Area' (PAA), also called the catchment area — criterion 2, after looked-after children. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Kirklees entrance test format

Heckmondwike Grammar School's entrance exam is produced by FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise) — the same provider now used by several northern grammar schools — and includes BOTH multiple-choice and written-response questions (English and maths based). The exam is sat at the school in mid-September of Year 6; roughly the top 25% of candidates reach the eligibility standard. Register directly with the school in Year 5; results arrive in October before the 31 October application deadline. Note: FSCE papers differ in style from traditional GL Assessment multiple-choice tests — practice material for GL-based areas won't fully match this format.

Out-of-area applications

Kirklees' only grammar school is Heckmondwike Grammar School (mixed). It runs its own entrance exam — register directly with the school during its Year 5 registration window, with the test in mid-September of Year 6. Children living outside Kirklees can register — the school draws from across West Yorkshire. Roughly the top quarter of candidates meet the eligibility standard each year. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October, and check the school's oversubscription criteria for distance/priority effects.

Al-Furqaan Preparatory School Dewsbury All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School Huddersfield All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Good Ashbrow School Huddersfield · Not judged BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Good Batley Girls' High School Batley · Not judged Batley Grammar School Batley · Not judged Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy Batley · Requires improvement Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School Mirfield · Good Beaumont Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy Huddersfield · Requires improvement Birdsedge First School Huddersfield · Good Birkby Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Outstanding Birkby Junior School Huddersfield · Good Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bradford Birstall Primary Academy Batley · Good Boothroyd Primary Academy Dewsbury · Not judged Brambles Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · Outstanding Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Dewsbury · Good Cambridge Street School Batley Carlinghow Academy Batley · Good Carlton Junior and Infant School Dewsbury · Good Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Good Castle Hill School Huddersfield · Outstanding Christ Church CE Academy Huddersfield Clough Head Junior and Infant School Huddersfield · Good Co-op Academy Smithies Moor Heckmondwike · Requires improvement Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Good Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School Mirfield · Good Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School Huddersfield Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Mirfield Cumberworth CofE First School Huddersfield · Not judged Dalton School Huddersfield Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Huddersfield Denby Dale First and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good Diamond Wood Community Academy Dewsbury · Good ES Independent School Kirklees · Good Earlsheaton Infant School Dewsbury · Good East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bradford · Requires improvement Eastborough Academy Dewsbury · Requires improvement Emley First School Huddersfield · Outstanding Fairfield School Batley · Good Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School Huddersfield · Good Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Batley · Good Fieldhead Primary Academy Batley · Good Fixby Junior and Infant School Huddersfield Flatts Nursery School Dewsbury Flockton CofE (C) First School Wakefield · Not judged Gomersal Primary School Cleckheaton · Good Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Cleckheaton · Good Grange Moor Primary School Wakefield · Not judged Greenhead College Huddersfield · Outstanding Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School Holmfirth · Requires improvement Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Batley · Good Hartshead Junior and Infant School Liversedge · Not judged Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Dewsbury · Good Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School Liversedge · Not judged Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School Batley · Good Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy Cleckheaton · Requires improvement Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Good · Grammar Heckmondwike Primary Academy Heckmondwike · Inadequate Helme Church of England Academy Holmfirth · Good Hepworth Junior and Infant School Holmfirth High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School Liversedge · Good Highburton CofE First Academy Huddersfield Hightown Primary School Liversedge Hill View Academy Huddersfield · Good Hillside Primary School Huddersfield · Not judged Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · Good Hollybank School Mirfield · Outstanding Holme Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · Good Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Outstanding Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School Holmfirth · Good Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy Heckmondwike · Good Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School Holmfirth · Good Honley High School Holmfirth · Good Hopton Primary School Mirfield · Good Howard Park Community School Cleckheaton · Good Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield Huddersfield New College Huddersfield · Good Hyrstmount Junior School Batley · Good Joseph Norton Academy Huddersfield · Good Kaye's Academy Huddersfield King James's School Huddersfield · Good Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School Kirkburton Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield Kirkheaton Primary School Huddersfield · Good Kirklees College Huddersfield · Good Lepton CofE Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good Lindley Church of England Infant School Huddersfield Lindley Junior School Huddersfield · Good Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School Huddersfield · Good Linthwaite Clough Primary School Huddersfield · Inadequate Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School Liversedge · Good Lowerhouses CofE Primary School Huddersfield · Good Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy Huddersfield Lydgate Junior and Infant School Batley · Not judged Madni Academy Dewsbury · Good Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Good Manor Road Academy Huddersfield Manorfield Infant and Nursery School Batley · Not judged Marsden Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Requires improvement Marsden Junior School Huddersfield · Good Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School Holmfirth · Good Meltham Moor Primary School Holmfirth · Good Mill Lane Primary School Batley · Good Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy Liversedge Moldgreen Community Primary School Huddersfield · Good Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Outstanding Moorlands Primary School Huddersfield Mount Pleasant Primary School Huddersfield · Good Netherhall Learning Campus High School Huddersfield · Requires improvement Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School Huddersfield · Good Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good Netherthong Primary School Holmfirth · Good Netherton Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good New Mill Infant School Holmfirth · Outstanding New Mill Junior School Holmfirth · Outstanding Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Good Newsome Junior Academy Huddersfield · Good Nields Academy Huddersfield · Inadequate Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School Liversedge · Good North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Good Oak CofE Primary School Huddersfield · Not judged Old Bank Academy Mirfield · Good Orchard Primary Academy Dewsbury · Good Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good Overthorpe CofE Academy Dewsbury · Good Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good Paradise Primary School Dewsbury · Good Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School Batley · Good Pentland Infant and Nursery School Dewsbury · Good Purlwell Infant and Nursery School Batley · Good Ravenshall School Dewsbury · Outstanding Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Dewsbury · Good Reinwood Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good Reinwood Junior School Huddersfield Rida Boys High School Dewsbury · Good Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Good Roberttown CofE Primary School Liversedge · Good Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Good Royds Hall, A Share Academy Huddersfield · Good Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Good Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School Dewsbury · Good Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School Huddersfield · Good Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School Holmfirth · Requires improvement Scholes Village Primary School Cleckheaton · Good Scissett Church of England Academy Huddersfield · Not judged Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · Good Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School Dewsbury Shelley College, A Share Academy Huddersfield · Not judged Shelley First School Huddersfield · Good Shepley First School Huddersfield · Good Skelmanthorpe Academy Huddersfield · Good Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Huddersfield · Good South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School Huddersfield · Good Southgate School Huddersfield · Good Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Good Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · Not judged St Aidan's Church of England Academy Huddersfield · Not judged St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury · Not judged St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Huddersfield · Good St John’s CE Primary School Dewsbury · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Dewsbury · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy Batley · Good St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Batley · Good St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy Dewsbury · Requires improvement St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School Batley · Good St Thomas CE Primary School Huddersfield · Requires improvement Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Batley · Good The Branch Christian School Dewsbury · Good The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Good The Mount School Huddersfield Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy Dewsbury · Good Thornhill Junior and Infant School Dewsbury · Not judged Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School Dewsbury · Good Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School Huddersfield · Not judged Upper Batley High School Batley · Good Upperthong Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · Good Warwick Road Primary School Batley · Good Wellhouse Junior and Infant School Huddersfield Westborough High School Dewsbury · Good Westmoor Primary School Dewsbury · Good Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy Cleckheaton · Good Whitechapel Church of England Primary School Cleckheaton · Good Wilberlee Junior and Infant School Slaithwaite · Good Windmill CofE Primary School Batley · Good Woodley School and College Huddersfield · Good Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy Huddersfield · Good

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Batley 24 schools Dewsbury 30 schools Holmfirth 17 schools Huddersfield 84 schools Liversedge 9 schools Mirfield 8 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Registration opens 11 May 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Registration closes 22 June 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 14 September 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Results released 17 October 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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