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Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
South Parade, Cleckheaton BD19 3AE · heatonavenue.co.uk · 01274 028613
On the mapSearch near BD19 3AE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 41%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kirklees 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 321
- 70% of 461 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.2%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Kirklees it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼41% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 21 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 55
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied