Scissett Church of England Academy

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

School type

First school

Ages 4–10

Key Stage 2 performance

Scissett Church of England Academy 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

94%

32 first choices, 30 places

First choices per place

1.07

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 30 places

Last place offered lived

0.97 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1565 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1020220.9620231.2320241.0720251.072026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–10
Pupils on roll: 172
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

13.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,744

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · 0.2 mi 46.5 Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · 3.4 mi 42.6 Grange Moor Primary School Wakefield · 3.9 mi 21.4 Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield · 4.5 mi 59.6 Lepton CofE Primary Academy Huddersfield · 4.9 mi 57.7 Thornhill Junior and Infant School Dewsbury · 5.0 mi 35.8 Overthorpe CofE Academy Dewsbury · 5.1 mi 38.0 New Mill Junior School Holmfirth · 5.8 mi 44.7

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

Scissett Church of England Academy at a glance

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees, Scissett Church of England Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 172 pupils aged 4 to 10.

Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (32 first choices for 30 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.97 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. Scissett Church of England Academy 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.