Denby Dale First and Nursery School
Community school in Huddersfield, HD8 8SG, taking ages 2 to 10, 112 on roll.
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In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 10.55 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 10.55 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.
Denby Dale First and Nursery School: 10.55 miles, 2024/25 Skelmanthorpe Academy: 0.65 miles, 2024/25, published by Kirklees
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Denby Dale First and Nursery 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 Denby Dale First and Nursery School and Skelmanthorpe Academy are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Skelmanthorpe Academy admitted from 0.65 miles in 2024/25, published by Kirklees. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 10.55 and 0.65 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Kirklees, 103 of 288 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (35.8%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Denby Dale First and Nursery School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Church of England Academy Both in reach | Primary | 4.25 mi 2024/25 | 0.7 mi |
| Skelmanthorpe Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.65 mi 2024/25 | 0.9 mi |
| Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Both in reach | Primary | 6.45 mi 2024/25 | 1.3 mi |
| Scissett Church of England Academy Both in reach | Primary | 3.74 mi 2024/25 | 1.4 mi |
| Kaye's Academy Both in reach | Primary | 10.36 mi 2024/25 | 1.9 mi |
| Birdsedge First School Both in reach | Primary | 3.71 mi 2024/25 | 2.1 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 | 112 pupils in 180 places (62% full) |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 19 December 2023 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Denby Dale First and Nursery School
| Girls and boys | 50.0% girls, 50.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 0.9% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 8.0% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Denby Dale First and Nursery School
Cheapest district inside the 10.55 miles: S70, median £140,000. Dearest: HD8, £318,500.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| S70 | Barnsley | 7.7 mi | £140,000 103 sales |
| HD4 | Kirklees | 6.8 mi | £172,500 97 sales |
| WF12 | Kirklees | 7.3 mi | £178,000 71 sales |
| HD5 | Kirklees | 6.1 mi | £178,999 132 sales |
| HD1 | Kirklees | 7.4 mi | £210,000 21 sales |
| WF5 | Wakefield | 7.7 mi | £218,000 49 sales |
| S75 | Barnsley | 5.4 mi | £230,000 108 sales |
| WF4 | Wakefield | 7.1 mi | £238,000 131 sales |
| WF14 | Kirklees | 7.2 mi | £240,000 85 sales |
| S36 | Barnsley | 5.3 mi | £275,000 11 sales |
| HD9 | Kirklees | 6.0 mi | £295,000 63 sales |
| HD8 | Kirklees | 1.7 mi | £318,500 8 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 10.55 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 Denby Dale First and Nursery School by bus
Best-served stop: Rockwood Rise, 163 yd away, with 4.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:06, last 23:34.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Rise | 163 yd | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | D1, 424 |
| Gilthwaites Top | 0.1 mi | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | D1, 424 |
| Withyside | 0.2 mi | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | D1, 424 |
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
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Denby Dale First and Nursery School?
Denby Dale First and Nursery 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 10.55 miles away, per Kirklees.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Denby Dale First and Nursery School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 10.55 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 Denby Dale First and Nursery 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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