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Lepton CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Station Road, Lepton, Huddersfield HD8 0DE · leptonschool.co.uk · 01484 600384
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 167
- 80% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- 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, 24 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107716)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Lepton CofE Primary Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107716), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107716)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107716)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 36
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied