School admissions in Heckmondwike
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Heckmondwike in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Heckmondwike first 94 times for 100 places: 0.94 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Kirklees authority's 126 schools. 0 of the 3 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
3 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Heckmondwike Primary Academy | 0.96 | 56 |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy | 0.93 | 27 |
| Co-op Academy Smithies Moor | 0.88 | 17 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.