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 |
Inspection history
- 28 June 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School, URN 107511
- 5 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School, URN 107511
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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 entry7 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Calderdale median median 1.9
- 2025 4.0; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2023 3.3; Calderdale median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Calderdale median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 3.3; Calderdale median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Calderdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Calderdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Calderdale median
Dashed bars: as Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School (URN 107511), 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 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.33 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 71% | 29% | 109 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 7% | 110 | 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
- Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place
- 0.8 km · CalderdaleGood20232.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · CalderdaleGood20222.0applications per place
- 1.2 km · CalderdaleStandards maintained202471%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · CalderdaleRemains Good20221.9applications per place
- 1.8 km · CalderdaleOutstanding20231.5applications per place
- 2.4 km · CalderdaleGood202270%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Calderdale20262.0applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · CalderdaleGood20231.8applications per place 75%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150174 · 381/2058
- Capacity
- 117 pupils · 50 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2023
- Replaced
- Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School (URN 107511)
- Address
- Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7NX
- Local authority
- Calderdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources