Academy converter · Calderdale

Siddal Primary School

3–11Ages
169Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138657URN

Backhold Lane, Siddal, Halifax, HX3 9DL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.5 below Calderdale median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale

23 applications for 17 places · 47th of 52 in Calderdale

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

32%met the expected standard

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Calderdale median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

23 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first

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

2026 1.4; Calderdale median median 1.9
2025 1.1; Calderdale median median 2.0
2024 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.0
2023 1.3; Calderdale median median 2.1
2022 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.1
2021 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.2
2020 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.3
2019 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.3
2018 1.2; Calderdale median median 2.2
2017 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
2016 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.3
2015 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.5
2014 1.0; 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	17	23	1.4	17	1.00
Sep 2025	23	26	1.1	21	0.91
Sep 2024	17	26	1.5	17	1.00
Sep 2023	15	20	1.3	15	1.00
Sep 2022	22	31	1.4	22	1.00
Sep 2021	17	29	1.7	17	1.00
Sep 2020	26	37	1.4	25	0.96
Sep 2019	27	39	1.4	24	0.89
Sep 2018	22	26	1.2	19	0.86
Sep 2017	30	45	1.5	32	1.07
Sep 2016	30	54	1.8	41	1.37
Sep 2015	27	45	1.7	27	1.00
Sep 2014	52	51	1.0	36	0.69

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 60% · Maths 64% → all three 32% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard32%71st of 75 in Calderdale

Calderdale 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Calderdale 78% England 78%

Higher standard12%

Calderdale 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard60%

Calderdale 73% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Calderdale 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard64%

Calderdale 77% England 77%

Higher standard12%

Calderdale 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	32%	0%	102	102
2023/24	36%	0%	103	98
2022/23	55%	0%	103	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

Siddal Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

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

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
All Saints' CofE Primary School
0.8 km · Calderdale

Outstanding2023

2.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Copley Primary School
1.4 km · Calderdale

Good2024

2.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Withinfields Primary School
1.4 km · Calderdale

2025

1.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy
1.6 km · Calderdale

2026

3.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
West Vale Academy
1.9 km · Calderdale

2025

7.3applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Savile Park Primary School
2.0 km · Calderdale

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
2.1 km · Calderdale

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138657 · 381/2094
Trust: Polaris Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 236 pupils · 169 on roll
Free school meals: 39.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Siddal Primary School (URN 130936)
Address: Backhold Lane, Siddal, Halifax, HX3 9DL
Local authority: Calderdale

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