Nields Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Huddersfield, Kirklees·HD7 5HT
Composite score
59.4
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#4,102
National rank
#395
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#15
In Kirklees
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
43
any preference, for 21 places

Every child who put Nields 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
150
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,060
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Nields Academy at a glance

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees, Nields Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 150 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Nields Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Nields Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.

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