Highburton CofE First Academy
Primary · Huddersfield · HD8 0QT
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 22 June 2026
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161 pupils · 89% of 180 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 4.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils
- Website
- www.highburtonfirst.org.uk
- URN
- 149941
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place21 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 12 May 2026: Strong standard
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.