Community school · Calderdale

Cliffe Hill Community Primary School

3–11Ages
195Pupils
PrimaryPhase
107525URN

Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.3 below Calderdale median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale

31 applications for 19 places · 40th of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 10 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

15 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
10 March 2020
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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

1.6applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Calderdale median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

31 applications · 19 places offered · 18 named it first

2026 1.6; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 1.9; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 2.1; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 1.2; Calderdale median median 2.5

More applications per place than the Calderdale median in 1 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	19	31	1.6	18	0.95
Sep 2025	22	39	1.8	21	0.95
Sep 2024	15	26	1.7	15	1.00
Sep 2023	18	35	1.9	18	1.00
Sep 2022	14	32	2.3	11	0.79
Sep 2021	21	31	1.5	21	1.00
Sep 2020	13	26	2.0	10	0.77
Sep 2019	14	28	2.0	12	0.86
Sep 2018	19	37	2.0	19	1.00
Sep 2017	17	35	2.1	17	1.00
Sep 2016	19	29	1.5	19	1.00
Sep 2015	17	29	1.7	16	0.94
Sep 2014	25	29	1.2	18	0.72

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 65% · Writing 58% · Maths 73% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%60th of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard65%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard23%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard58%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard12%

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	50%	4%	104	104
2023/24	54%	7%	106	105
2022/23	50%	0%	102	103

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

Cliffe Hill Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse
0.8 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Lightcliffe C of E Primary School
0.9 km · Calderdale

2026

2.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School
0.9 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Trinity Academy St Chad's
1.0 km · Calderdale

Good2023

3.3applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School
1.2 km · Calderdale

Good2023

1.9applications per place
St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School
1.7 km · Calderdale

Outstanding2022

68%met the SATs standard
Shirley Manor Primary School
1.9 km · Bradford

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Scholes Village Primary School
2.4 km · Kirklees

Standards maintained2024

2.1applications per place 50%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: 107525 · 381/2076
Capacity: 236 pupils · 195 on roll
Free school meals: 51.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TW
Local authority: Calderdale

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