Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Calderdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 entry8 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; Calderdale median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2023 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.1
- 2022 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.1
- 2021 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2020 1.2; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Calderdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Calderdale median
Dashed bars: as Sowerby Village CofE VC Primary School (URN 133671), the previous school.
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 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 17 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 13 | 17 | 1.3 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 16 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 86% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Calderdale median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 71% | 14% | 104 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 0% | 102 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 47% | 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
- Trinity Academy St Peter'sThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · CalderdaleGood20242.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · CalderdaleRemains Good20221.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · CalderdaleGood20231.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · CalderdaleOutstanding20232.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · CalderdaleGood20242.3applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · CalderdaleGood20233.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Calderdale20267.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · CalderdaleRemains Good202368%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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148143 · 381/2035
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 195 pupils · 94 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Sowerby Village CofE VC Primary School (URN 133671)
- Address
- St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1HB
- Local authority
- Calderdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources