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Schools in Cleckheaton

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Cleckheaton in the Spen Valley area of Kirklees, West Yorkshire has 7 schools in the catchment.school database. Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy is the local secondary with 1,250 places and 1,244 pupils enrolled. The area's primary schools include Gomersal Primary (420 places), Howard Park Community School, and Scholes Village Primary. Free school meals eligibility is above average in several schools – Howard Park at 22.7%, Scholes at 23% – reflecting mixed economic catchments across the Cleckheaton conurbation.

Two Church of England voluntary controlled primaries serve the area: Gomersal St Mary's (Ofsted Good) and Whitechapel CofE Primary. Both apply faith criteria after looked-after children and siblings, with distance as the final tiebreaker. Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy (Ofsted Requires Improvement) is also based in the cluster. Kirklees Council coordinates admissions through a common application form; secondary preferences should be submitted by the end of October for September entry.

Primary Schools in Cleckheaton (6)

Secondary Schools in Cleckheaton (1)

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Cleckheaton are set by Kirklees and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.

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