Academy converter · Primary
Huddersfield · HD8 9HR · Kirklees
Ages 4–10
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryURN 143792
Scissett Middle School
Academy converter · Huddersfield · HD8 9JX
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Age range
Ages 10–13
Pupils
592
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 10–13
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 converter (middle deemed secondary), Ages 10–13, in Huddersfield, Kirklees, 592 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 16.7%.
Nearby middle deemed secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- 10–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143792
Location
- Address
- Wakefield Road, Scissett
- Postcode
- HD8 9JX
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- 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
- 592
- Boys / girls
- 280 / 312
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 592 / 600 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- FSM pupils
- 99
- 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
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE MAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE MAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Mast Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Taylor
- Telephone
- 01484865444
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
2019-10-22
- 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)
- 62%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0