Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Kirkburton, Kirklees·HD8 0SG

School type

First school

Ages 4–10

Key Stage 2 performance

Kirkburton CofE (VA) 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%

17 first choices, 17 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 17 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.0020230.9420240.9520251.002026

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

Every child who put Kirkburton CofE (VA) 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: 120
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

20.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,649

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · 0.3 mi 42.6 Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · 1.4 mi 59.6 Lepton CofE Primary Academy Huddersfield · 1.8 mi 57.7 Grange Moor Primary School Wakefield · 2.5 mi 21.4 All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School Huddersfield · 2.5 mi 36.4 Hill View Academy Huddersfield · 2.7 mi 45.6 Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Holmfirth · 3.0 mi 65.2 Lowerhouses CofE Primary School Huddersfield · 3.0 mi 44.3

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

Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School at a glance

Located in Kirkburton, Kirklees, Kirkburton CofE (VA) 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 120 pupils aged 4 to 10.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School their first choice was offered one of its 17 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. Kirkburton CofE (VA) 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.