Shepley First School
Community school in Huddersfield, HD8 8DD, taking ages 4 to 10, 168 on roll.
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In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 6.4 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Kirklees school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 6.4 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.
Shepley First School: 6.4 miles, 2024/25 Birdsedge First School: 3.71 miles, 2024/25, published by Kirklees
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Shepley First School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2024/25, from Kirklees. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Kirklees, published admission distances, 2024/25
Where Shepley First School and Birdsedge First School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Birdsedge First School admitted from 3.71 miles in 2024/25, published by Kirklees. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is HD8 at £318,500. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Shepley First School | From Birdsedge First School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD8 | Kirklees | 1.8 mi | 2.5 mi | £318,500 8 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Shepley First School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley First School Both in reach | Primary | 2.62 mi 2024/25 | 1.0 mi |
| Birdsedge First School Both in reach | Primary | 3.71 mi 2024/25 | 1.2 mi |
| Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School Both in reach | Primary | 2.24 mi 2024/25 | 1.8 mi |
| Denby Dale First and Nursery School Both in reach | Primary | 10.55 mi 2024/25 | 2.4 mi |
| New Mill Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 10.62 mi 2024/25 | 2.4 mi |
| St Aidan's Church of England Academy Both in reach | Primary | 4.25 mi 2024/25 | 2.4 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 168 pupils in 180 places (93% full) |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 14 May 2024 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Shepley First School
| Girls and boys | 48.8% girls, 51.2% boys |
| English as an additional language | 0.6% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 7.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Shepley First School
Cheapest district inside the 6.4 miles: HD4, median £172,500. Dearest: HD8, £318,500.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD4 | Kirklees | 4.7 mi | £172,500 97 sales |
| HD5 | Kirklees | 4.7 mi | £178,999 132 sales |
| HD1 | Kirklees | 5.5 mi | £210,000 21 sales |
| HD9 | Kirklees | 3.7 mi | £295,000 63 sales |
| HD8 | Kirklees | 1.8 mi | £318,500 8 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 6.4 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Shepley First School by bus
Best-served stop: Shepley Library, 0.1 mi away, with 2.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:33, last 20:22.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepley Black Bull | 110 yd | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | X1, KM1 |
| Shepley Black Bull | 156 yd | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | D3, D2, KM1 |
| Shepley Library | 172 yd | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | X1, D2, D3, KM1, SC2 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Shepley First School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around HD8: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at HD8 8DD, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Shepley First School?
Shepley First School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 6.4 miles away, per Kirklees.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Shepley First School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 6.4 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Shepley First School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Kirklees school's distance
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