Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Huddersfield, Kirklees·HD8 8UN

School type

First school

Ages 4–10

Key Stage 2 performance

Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–10. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

10 first choices, 10 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 10 places

Applications from another council area

20%

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 4–10
Pupils on roll: 53
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

5.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,855

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · 2.5 mi 46.5 Hepworth Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · 3.8 mi 79.6 Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · 4.0 mi 42.6 Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School Holmfirth · 4.3 mi 41.8 New Mill Junior School Holmfirth · 4.4 mi 44.7 Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School Holmfirth · 5.1 mi 16.2 Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · 5.1 mi 65.2 Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School Holmfirth · 5.2 mi 48.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School at a glance

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees, Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 53 pupils aged 4 to 10.

Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.