Howard Park Community School is a primary school located in Cleckheaton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/09/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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St Peg Lane, Cleckheaton

School Information

Address: St Peg Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 3SD
Website: www.howardpark.co.uk
Telephone: 01274864972
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kirklees
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jonathan Pickles
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 107671

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 236
Number of Pupils: 242
Number of Boys: 134
Number of Girls: 108

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 2.6 Confidence interval 0.3 to 4.9
Writing
Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -4 to 0.2
Maths
Average: 1.8 Confidence interval -0.2 to 3.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:69%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
South Parade , BD19 3AE
3out of 4 1,141 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School
Bradford Road , WF15 6LP
3out of 4 1,231 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School
Hightown Road , WF15 8BL
3out of 4 1,509 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Whitechapel Road , BD19 6HR
3out of 4 1,551 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Shirley Avenue , Gomersal BD19 4NA
3out of 4 1,724 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitcliffe Mount School
Turnsteads Avenue , BD19 3AQ
3out of 4 1,385 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Spen Valley High School
Roberttown Lane , WF15 7LX
3out of 4 2,335 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
BBG Academy
Bradford Road , BD19 4BE
3out of 4 3,065 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Pivot Acadmey
Rawfolds Way , Cleckheaton BD19 5LJ
- not rated 559 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.