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Flockton CofE (C) First School

PrimaryAges 4–10Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Flockton, WF4 4DH · Kirklees local authority

Flockton’s School Grade C− better than 25% of towns in England

Getting in
15/17
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
80 pupils
89% of its 90 places
Free school meals
38%
38 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Flockton CofE (C) First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 38% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, January 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • 88% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (15 of 17)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WF4 4) sold for a median £254,500; Flockton’s is £273,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Flockton CofE (C) First School?

88% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

17
families put it first for September 2026
15
places offered
88%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (3), 2022 (4), 2026 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Kirklees council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kirklees council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Flockton CofE (C) First
1.13 per place
88% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

80 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Flockton CofE (C) First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), January 2025. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Flockton CofE (C) First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WF4 4, the school’s postcode sector

Flockton property prices →
£254,500
median sale, 314 sales in 36 months · Flockton £273,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025WF4 4Flockton
WF4 4Flockton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£380K
Semi-detached
£220K
Terraced
£170K
Flat
£140K
WF4 4Flockton

Homes in WF4 4 sell for a little under Flockton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−Flockton CofE (C) First Sch…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Flockton, WF4 4DH

Flockton CofE (C) First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Flockton CofE (C) First School?

For September 2026, 17 families put Flockton CofE (C) First School first and 15 of them were offered a place; 15 places were offered in all.

What is Flockton CofE (C) First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (January 2025).

How much do houses cost near Flockton CofE (C) First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WF4 4, sold for a median £254,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (314 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Flockton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.