Voluntary aided school · Calderdale

Barkisland CofE VA Primary School

4–11Ages
197Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
107552URN

Scammonden Road, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

0.7 above Calderdale median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale

59 applications for 23 places · 7th of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

The graded inspection, 19 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Inspection history

14 May 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
19 November 2019
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

2.6applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Calderdale median (1.9) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

59 applications · 23 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.6; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 2.5; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 3.1; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 3.9; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 3.2; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 3.6; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 3.8; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 5.5; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 3.8; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 3.4; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 3.9; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 4.0; Calderdale median median 2.5

More applications per place than the Calderdale median in 13 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	23	59	2.6	22	0.96
Sep 2025	25	51	2.0	25	1.00
Sep 2024	30	74	2.5	30	1.00
Sep 2023	23	71	3.1	22	0.96
Sep 2022	22	86	3.9	18	0.82
Sep 2021	28	89	3.2	28	1.00
Sep 2020	28	101	3.6	23	0.82
Sep 2019	30	115	3.8	35	1.17
Sep 2018	19	105	5.5	15	0.79
Sep 2017	30	115	3.8	32	1.07
Sep 2016	30	103	3.4	40	1.33
Sep 2015	30	116	3.9	26	0.87
Sep 2014	25	101	4.0	21	0.84

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 92% · Maths 84% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%17th of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard44%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard92%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Calderdale 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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Calderdale median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	76%	8%	108	106
2023/24	60%	10%	106	106
2022/23	58%	3%	107	104

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

Barkisland CofE VA Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Ripponden Junior and Infant School
1.1 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School
2.3 km · Calderdale

Good2024

2.3applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Bowling Green Academy
2.4 km · Calderdale

Good2023

2.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Triangle CofE VC Primary School
2.5 km · Calderdale

Good2024

2.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St John's Primary School In Rishworth
2.9 km · Calderdale

Good2022

1.6applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
Norland CE School
2.9 km · Calderdale

2026

7.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
3.2 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Trinity Academy St Peter's
3.2 km · Calderdale

Good2023

2.0applications per place 71%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: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 107552 · 381/3321
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 210 pupils · 197 on roll
Free school meals: 4.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Scammonden Road, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BD
Local authority: Calderdale

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