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Hill View Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Fernside Avenue, Almondbury, Huddersfield HD5 8YE · hillviewacademy.co.uk · 01484 976216
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- GCSEs, 2018/19
- 33.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 45.3, England 46.7
- 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
- 216
- 92% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56.9%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- 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, 22 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.2, and 22% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 45.3, and across England 46.7.
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Kirklees it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107758)
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2018/19 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33.2 | 46.7 | ||
| ▼22.0% | 43.2% | ||
| ▼42.0% | 64.6% | ||
| ▲86% | 40% | ||
| ▼3.25 | 4.07 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107758)
Progress 8 2018/19: -0.77 (95% confidence interval -1.13 to -0.41)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2015/16 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2 | — |
| Sixth form college | 44 | +3 |
| Further education | 45 | +12 |
| Apprenticeship | 6 | −3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 | −4 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 107758)
Ofsted
Hill View Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107758), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107758)
- Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107758)
Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107758)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 6% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied