Schools in Cleckheaton
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)
Gomersal Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cleckheaton · BD19 4PX
Howard Park Community School
Primary · Community school
Cleckheaton · BD19 3SA
Scholes Village Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cleckheaton · BD19 6DN
Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Cleckheaton · BD19 4NA
Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Cleckheaton · BD19 6HR
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleckheaton · BD19 3AE
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.