Community school · Calderdale

Withinfields Primary School

3–11Ages
338Pupils
PrimaryPhase
107502URN

Withinfields, Southowram, Halifax, HX3 9QJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.7 below Calderdale median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale

61 applications for 51 places · 50th of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

59%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 2 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour			Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing			Expected standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

9 December 2025
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
5 October 2021
Graded inspection: Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Calderdale median (1.9) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

61 applications · 51 places offered · 49 named it first

2026 1.2; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 1.3; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 1.3; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 1.6; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 1.2; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 1.2; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 1.3; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 1.6; Calderdale median median 2.5

More applications per place than the Calderdale median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Calderdale median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	51	61	1.2	49	0.96
Sep 2025	30	39	1.3	28	0.93
Sep 2024	35	45	1.3	34	0.97
Sep 2023	36	57	1.6	35	0.97
Sep 2022	38	44	1.2	36	0.95
Sep 2021	39	53	1.4	38	0.97
Sep 2020	42	51	1.2	41	0.98
Sep 2019	33	45	1.4	31	0.94
Sep 2018	44	56	1.3	43	0.98
Sep 2017	35	59	1.7	34	0.97
Sep 2016	45	67	1.5	48	1.07
Sep 2015	43	61	1.4	43	1.00
Sep 2014	45	72	1.6	50	1.11

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 66% · Maths 75% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%51st of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard25%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Calderdale 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Calderdale median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	59%	0%	104	104
2023/24	70%	7%	109	105
2022/23	69%	3%	106	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Withinfields Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

1.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Siddal Primary School
1.4 km · Calderdale

Good2023

1.4applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
Salterhebble Junior and Infant School
1.7 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Trinity Sixth Form Academy
2.1 km · Calderdale

Not yet inspected
Trinity Academy St Chad's
2.2 km · Calderdale

Good2023

3.3applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
All Saints' CofE Primary School
2.2 km · Calderdale

Outstanding2023

2.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
2.3 km · Calderdale

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy
2.4 km · Calderdale

2026

3.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse
2.5 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 107502 · 381/2046
Capacity: 420 pupils · 338 on roll
Free school meals: 28.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Withinfields, Southowram, Halifax, HX3 9QJ
Local authority: Calderdale

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources