Academy converter · Primary
Holmfirth · HD9 5LH · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 145556
Helme Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · Holmfirth · HD9 5RW
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
136
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Holmfirth, Kirklees, 136 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 16.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145556
Location
- Address
- Helme, Meltham
- Postcode
- HD9 5RW
- Town
- Holmfirth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- Boys / girls
- 72 / 64
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 136 / 140 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Governance
- Academy trust: LEARNING ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- LEARNING ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Gillian Spooner
- Telephone
- 01484854524
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-04-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 25%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0