Academy converter · Calderdale

Luddendenfoot Academy

4–11Ages
202Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137699URN

Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot, Halifax, HX2 6AU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.3 above Calderdale median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale

55 applications for 25 places · 13th of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

80%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 5 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

5 December 2023
Graded inspection: Outstanding
4 November 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.3 above Calderdale median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

55 applications · 25 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 2.2; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 3.2; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 3.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 3.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 3.4; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 3.4; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 3.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 3.4; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 3.8; 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	25	55	2.2	21	0.84
Sep 2025	30	70	2.3	32	1.07
Sep 2024	26	56	2.2	24	0.92
Sep 2023	26	61	2.4	27	1.04
Sep 2022	20	64	3.2	17	0.85
Sep 2021	24	54	2.3	21	0.88
Sep 2020	26	90	3.5	32	1.23
Sep 2019	26	91	3.5	41	1.58
Sep 2018	26	89	3.4	28	1.08
Sep 2017	25	86	3.4	29	1.16
Sep 2016	13	45	3.5	6	0.46
Sep 2015	16	55	3.4	15	0.94
Sep 2014	26	99	3.8	25	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 83% · Maths 100% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%10th of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard63%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard100%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard33%

Calderdale 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (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	80%	10%	110	108
2023/24	76%	10%	108	110
2022/23	80%	8%	108	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

Luddendenfoot AcademyThis school
This school

Outstanding2023

2.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Luddenden CofE School
1.2 km · Calderdale

Requires improvement2021

1.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Trinity Academy St Peter's
1.4 km · Calderdale

Good2023

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Warley Town School
1.6 km · Calderdale

Good2023

3.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
1.6 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
New Road Primary School
1.7 km · Calderdale

Good2023

1.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Midgley School
1.9 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2022

12.0applications per place
Triangle CofE VC Primary School
2.2 km · Calderdale

Good2024

2.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School
2.4 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2023

68%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137699 · 381/2064
Trust: Polaris Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 126 pupils · 202 on roll
Free school meals: 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 December 2011
Replaced: Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant School (URN 107516)
Address: Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot, Halifax, HX2 6AU
Local authority: Calderdale

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