Howard Park Community School
St. Peg Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 3SA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Pickles
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 235
- URN
- 107671
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274864972
About this school
Howard Park Community School is a community primary school in Cleckheaton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 235 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 December 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 60% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 70% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 70% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 63% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Howard Park Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kirklees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 235 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Howard Park Community School compares
Howard Park Community School ranked 63rd of 101 primary schools in Kirklees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.5% | 25% | 235 | — |
| Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy | 41% | 5.6% | 26.5% | 321 | 0.6 miles |
| Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School | 72% | 4.4% | 30.2% | 165 | 0.7 miles |
| Hightown Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 miles |
| Whitechapel Church of England Primary School | 69% | 5.4% | 12.1% | 419 | 0.9 miles |
| Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 54% | 6.1% | 34.3% | 166 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 5.54%
- Persistent absence
- 16.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
-
Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Liversedge
-
Hightown Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Liversedge
-
Whitechapel Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
-
Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
Other schools in Cleckheaton
Howard Park Community School ranks 3rd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Cleckheaton.
Common questions
- What year groups does Howard Park Community School teach?
- Howard Park Community School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Cleckheaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Howard Park Community School?
- The headteacher of Howard Park Community School is Mr Jonathan Pickles, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Howard Park Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Howard Park Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Howard Park Community School?
- Howard Park Community School has 235 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Howard Park Community School full?
- Howard Park Community School has capacity for 236 pupils and 235 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Howard Park Community School a faith school?
- No. Howard Park Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Howard Park Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Howard Park Community School as having nursery classes.
- How have Howard Park Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Howard Park Community School rank locally?
- Howard Park Community School ranked 63rd of 101 primary schools in Kirklees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Howard Park Community School's absence rate?
- Howard Park Community School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Howard Park Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Howard Park Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.