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Linthwaite Clough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Chapel Hill, Linthwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5NJ · linthwaiteclough.co.uk · 01484 844300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 238
- 76% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.8%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- 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, 17 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107693)
Ofsted
Linthwaite Clough Primary School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107693)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107693), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107693)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107693)
Oct 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107693)