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Kirkburton Middle School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 10–13 · Academy
Turnshaws Avenue, Kirkburton, Huddersfield HD8 0TJ · kirkburtonmiddleschool.co.uk · 01484 222737
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kirklees 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2024
- Pupils
- 495
- 99% of 501 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.7%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2024, 7 families put the school first and 13 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107773)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kirkburton Middle School on 10 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Apr 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (112 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Positive
- 73%
- Replies
- 112
- 22% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 29 parents (26%) whose child was bullied
based on 32 parents (29%) with SEND