Moorlands Primary School
Moorlands Road, Mount, Huddersfield, HD3 3UH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Moorlands Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Denney
- Constituency
- Colne Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 626
- URN
- 135030
- Local authority
- Kirklees
About this school
Moorlands Primary School was a community primary school in Huddersfield. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 626 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Moorlands Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 88 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 72% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 7% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 77% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 84% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 80% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Moorlands Primary 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 | 70% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 628 |
| 2023/24 | 627 |
| 2024/25 | 626 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorlands Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.4% | 9.4% | 626 | — |
| Moorlands Primary School | — | — | — | 627 | 0.0 miles |
| Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School | 73% | 4.6% | 13.2% | 75 | 1.1 miles |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School | 58% | 4% | 18.6% | 204 | 1.2 miles |
| Holywell Green Primary School | 68% | 4.8% | 23.9% | 134 | 1.3 miles |
| Lindley Junior School | 65% | 3.7% | 16.3% | 495 | 1.3 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)
- 9.42%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 9.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Moorlands Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Holywell Green Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
Lindley Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
Other schools in Huddersfield
- All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- Ashbrow School Primary
- Beaumont Primary Academy Primary
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy Primary
- Birdsedge First School Primary
- Birkby Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Birkby Junior School Primary
- Brambles Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CE Academy Primary
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School Primary
- Cumberworth CofE First School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Moorlands Primary School teach?
- Moorlands Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Huddersfield.
- Has Moorlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Moorlands Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Moorlands Primary School?
- Moorlands Primary School had 626 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Moorlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Moorlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorlands Primary 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 31 August 2025.