Scissett Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Kirklees
Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD8 9HR
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 01/04/2025
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
97.0%
4.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
179
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
186 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
30 of 32 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
74
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 32 | 30 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 29 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 12 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 74 | 30 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Kirklees lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Bart Cunningham
- Address
- Wakefield Road, Scissett, Huddersfield, HD8 9HR
- Phone
- 01484861488
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward / constituency
- Denby Dale · Ossett and Denby Dale
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143232
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEARNING ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
179 pupils · 186 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
01 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 146 pupils
Attendance
97.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
4.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.