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Kaye's Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–10 · Academy
Holmfield, Clayton West, Huddersfield HD8 9LZ · kayesacademy.co.uk · 01484 222918
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- 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
- 163
- 88% of 186 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.8%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- 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, 19 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kaye's Academy on 17 March 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: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 17 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Positive
- 84%
- Replies
- 38
- 22% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 9 parents (24%) with SEND