Primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees
Moorlands Primary School
Moorlands Road, Mount, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3UH
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 8 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 627
- Places
- 630
- How full
- Nearly full — 627 of 630 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 302 / 325
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Kirklees 036C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 21%
- Households owning their home
- 66%
- Households in social housing
- 19%
- Households with no car
- 27%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- HERITAGE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Amanda Denney
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Lindley
- Constituency
- Colne Valley
- URN
- 151962
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 73% | 1.1 mi |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 58% | 1.2 mi |
| Holywell Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 68% | 1.3 mi |
| Lindley Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 65% | 1.3 mi |
| Lindley Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| Manor Road AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 1.3 mi |
| Reinwood Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 1.4 mi |
| Reinwood Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | — | 1.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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