Voluntary controlled school · Calderdale

Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School

4–11Ages
169Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
135862URN

Rochdale Road, Walsden, Todmorden, OL14 6RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMay 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

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

30 applications for 19 places · 42nd of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

72%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMay 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2023

Inspection history

12 October 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
15 May 2018
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)

30 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.6; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 1.9; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 1.9; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 2.4; 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	19	30	1.6	19	1.00
Sep 2025	20	27	1.4	20	1.00
Sep 2024	23	32	1.4	25	1.09
Sep 2023	20	27	1.4	20	1.00
Sep 2022	24	46	1.9	28	1.17
Sep 2021	25	46	1.8	26	1.04
Sep 2020	24	44	1.8	26	1.08
Sep 2019	17	38	2.2	16	0.94
Sep 2018	23	39	1.7	23	1.00
Sep 2017	24	46	1.9	24	1.00
Sep 2016	25	51	2.0	23	0.92
Sep 2015	25	58	2.3	28	1.12
Sep 2014	25	59	2.4	31	1.24

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 80% · Maths 76% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%20th of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard76%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard20%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard76%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard20%

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	72%	0%	105	104
2023/24	65%	8%	107	105
2022/23	54%	0%	104	102

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

Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Shade Primary School
0.8 km · Calderdale

Good2023

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Todmorden CofE J, I & N School
2.1 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy
2.2 km · Calderdale

Good2024

1.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Castle Hill Primary School
2.3 km · Calderdale

Good2024

1.8applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Ferney Lee Primary School
2.6 km · Calderdale

Good2023

1.7applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School
4.3 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School
4.7 km · Rochdale

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School
4.8 km · Calderdale

Special measures 2026

1.8applications per place 12%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
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School details

Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 135862 · 381/5208
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 175 pupils · 169 on roll
Free school meals: 11.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2009
Address: Rochdale Road, Walsden, Todmorden, OL14 6RN
Local authority: Calderdale

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