Living in Huddersfield with children
Huddersfield, Kirklees. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 141,683 people in 59,301 households; 29.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
78 schools: 61 state primary, 12 state secondary, 3 sixth form or college, 2 privateHuddersfield on the schools map →Every school in Huddersfield, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (61)
State secondary schools (12)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley College, A Share Academy | Outstanding | Top 17% (4/24) in Kirklees | — |
| All Saints Catholic College | Good | Top 30% (7/24) in Kirklees | 0.727 miles (2026) |
| Moor End Academy | Outstanding | Top 34% (8/24) in Kirklees | 1.259 miles (2026) |
| Royds Hall, A Share Academy | Good | Top 42% (10/24) in Kirklees | — |
| King James's School | Good | (17/24) in Kirklees | 1.553 miles (2026) |
| Colne Valley High School | Good | (19/24) in Kirklees | — |
| Newsome Academy | Good | (20/24) in Kirklees | — |
| Netherhall Learning Campus High School | Requires improvement | (21/24) in Kirklees | — |
| North Huddersfield Trust School | School remains Good | (22/24) in Kirklees | — |
| Kirkburton Middle School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Salendine Nook High School | Standards maintained | — | 0.548 miles (2026) |
| Scissett Middle School | Good | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhead College | Outstanding | Top 29% (2/7) in Kirklees | — |
| Huddersfield New College | Good | (5/7) in Kirklees | — |
| Kirklees College | Good | — | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huddersfield Grammar School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| The Mount School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (237 detached, 410 semi-detached, 561 terraced, 94 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Huddersfield. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Huddersfield →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 92% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 2,161 postcodes in HD8, HD4, HD7. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 16 outstanding; 54 good, or expected standard; 7 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 77 in Kirklees.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Kirklees
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Kirklees.
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