Hightown Primary School, Liversedge
Hightown Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Liversedge, part of Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Kirklees (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Hightown Primary School in detail
Results
Hightown Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), 71% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Hightown Primary School
Across Kirklees, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Kirklees lodged 196 appeals against primary school offers; 125 reached a hearing and 25 succeeded (20% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hightown Primary School are Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 71% reading, 77% maths); High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good, 60% reading, 40% maths); Hartshead Junior and Infant School (0.8 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); and Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 59% reading, 59% maths).
Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolHigh Bank Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolHartshead Junior and Infant SchoolHeaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy
The trust
Hightown Primary School is one of 19 schools run by Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Brighouse Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hightown School (opposite), 40 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hightown Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hightown Primary School are Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy (1 mile); and Spen Valley High School (1.1 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoOverall
Hightown Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it became an academy in June 2026. Before that, as Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), it was rated Good in December 2021. See Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), the school Hightown Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Hightown Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 60% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 63% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 50% to 71% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Hightown Primary School
Term dates
Hightown Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Kirklees's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Hightown Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Hightown Primary School is in Kirklees; for families living there:
- Kirklees's school travel policy: School transport
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School before it became an academy in 2026
Published for Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), the school Hightown Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Hightown Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 16 | 54 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 | 62 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 29 | 28 | 63 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 23 | 20 | 63 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30 | 29 | 83 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 29 | 28 | 73 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 30 | 25 | 66 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29 | 26 | 73 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 36 | 68 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 30 | 27 | 54 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 25 | 21 | 49 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | 48 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 30 | 31 | 47 | 1.0 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Liversedge
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Liversedge
Across Kirklees council
Places available
5,437
Applications
4,554
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Kirklees council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History
Absence at Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), the school Hightown Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Hightown Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
4.9%
Overall absence
12.0%
Persistent absence
175
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Hightown Primary School
Questions parents ask about Hightown Primary School
Are there exam results for Hightown Primary School?
Hightown Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), 71% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Hightown Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Hightown Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it became an academy in June 2026. Before that, as Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (URN 107669), it was rated Good in December 2021.
What is the catchment area for Hightown Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Hightown Primary School is oversubscribed, Kirklees allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Hightown Primary School?
Apply through Kirklees's coordinated admissions process, naming Hightown Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Hightown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hightown Primary School?
Hightown Primary School is at Hightown Road, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 8BL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)