Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy, Liversedge

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have taken effective action to significantly improve attendance and reduce persistent absence."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are relentless in making sure that disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities get the help they need to succeed."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders put pupils and families at the centre of every decision."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Many children start school with gaps in knowledge, including early language."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has a well-considered curriculum in place."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a positive start in early years."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure pupils develop the knowledge and skills they need for life beyond school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should further develop and embed the consistent use of high-quality interactions across early years to ensure that children are even more effectively prepared for key stage 1. • Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently use pedagogies and strategies that enable pupils to learn the key knowledge and language that they need across some foundation subjects. • Leaders should closely check the impact of the personal development offer on pupils and make adjustments when necessary to maximise that impact".

The school runs after-school care, from £2.00 per session.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Kirklees and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 82% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy as their first choice and 53 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy are Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 66% maths); Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good, 71% reading, 66% maths); Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 77% maths); and Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School (0.7 miles, Good, 84% reading, 76% maths).

Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy is one of 9 schools run by Share Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 87% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

47.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 35.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (45%), Asian (37%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 63 pupils (22.6%) received SEN support and 10 (3.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Dewsbury Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Flush (on), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy issued 9 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy are Heckmondwike Grammar School (0.6 miles), Spen Valley High School (0.7 miles) and The Mirfield Free Grammar (1.8 miles).