Cumberworth CofE First School
Cumberworth CofE First School is a converter academy in Huddersfield for boys and girls aged 4 to 10. It has 107 pupils and room for 124. About 2 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Cumberworth Lane, Upper Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8NU01484 609818cumberworthfirstschool.co.ukMrs Fiona Claxton headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 12 November 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
In 2025 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. Every child who applied got a place (18 offers for 20 places).
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.5 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (5), Moderate learning difficulty (4), emotional and mental health (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 97.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 2.9% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 1.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 4.1% | 8.7% | 2.9% | 14.2% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Cumberworth Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, the school this one replaced in July 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdsedge First School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 59 | Good 2022 | 40 | Compare |
| Shepley First School | Council | 1.1 miles | 168 | Good 2024 | 71 | Compare |
| Denby Dale First and Nursery School | Council | 1.4 miles | 112 | Good 2023 | 61 | Compare |
| Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School | Church of England | 1.4 miles | 52 | Report card 2026 | 57 | Compare |
| Shelley First School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 159 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| St Aidan's Church of England Academy | Academy | 1.6 miles | 137 | No overall grade 2025 | 78 | Compare |
| Skelmanthorpe Academy | Academy | 1.9 miles | 124 | Good 2020 | 76 | Compare |
| Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 117 | Report card 2026 | 37 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cumberworth CofE First School a good school?
Cumberworth CofE First School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in November 2024.
What is Cumberworth CofE First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Cumberworth CofE First School not judged at its last full inspection on 12 November 2024.
How many pupils does Cumberworth CofE First School have?
107 pupils aged 4 to 10 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 124 places, so it is 86% full.
What is attendance like at Cumberworth CofE First School?
Pupils were in school 97.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 4% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Cumberworth CofE First School?
The average class had 26.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 25% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Cumberworth Lane, Upper Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8NU
- Telephone
- 01484 609818
- Website
- www.cumberworthfirstschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Claxton
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Multi-academy trust
- Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust (19 schools)
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Denby Dale
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 July 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151812 · LAESTAB 3823325 · UKPRN 10098054
- Formerly
- Cumberworth Church of England Voluntary Aided First School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Kirklees council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.