Skelmanthorpe Academy

Academy converter·First school Huddersfield, Kirklees·HD8 9DZ

School type

First school

Ages 3–10

Key Stage 2 performance

Skelmanthorpe Academy is a first school for pupils aged 3–10. 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%

19 first choices, 19 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 19 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8220221.0020230.8020240.9520251.002026

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

Every child who put Skelmanthorpe Academy 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–10
Pupils on roll: 126
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,314

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · 0.8 mi 46.5 Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · 2.5 mi 42.6 Grange Moor Primary School Wakefield · 3.4 mi 21.4 Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · 3.6 mi 59.6 Lepton CofE Primary Academy Huddersfield · 4.0 mi 57.7 New Mill Junior School Holmfirth · 4.9 mi 44.7 Overthorpe CofE Academy Dewsbury · 4.9 mi 38.0 Thornhill Junior and Infant School Dewsbury · 5.0 mi 35.8

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

School overview

Skelmanthorpe Academy is a primary school serving Huddersfield, Kirklees, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 126 pupils aged 3 to 10 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Skelmanthorpe Academy 'Good'.

Skelmanthorpe Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.