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St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School

Primary · Halifax · HX6 3EJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 March 2024

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At a glance

61 pupils · 58% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.st-marys.calderdale.sch.uk/
URN
107538

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 1.734 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.734 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

12 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Calderdale average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Shipley CofE Primary SchoolHorsham · 198 miles awayGood50%
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary SchoolWantage · 147 miles awayGood55%
Surlingham Primary SchoolNorwich · 158 miles awayStrong standard89%
Hennock Community Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 224 miles awayGood44%
Corbett VA CofE Primary SchoolStourbridge · 82 miles awayGood67%
Ladock C of E SchoolTruro · 266 miles awayNo current grade69%
Flookburgh CofE Primary SchoolGrange-Over-Sands · 54 miles awayNo current grade60%
Milton Ernest CofE Primary SchoolBedford · 119 miles awayGood55%
Parkham Primary SchoolBideford · 213 miles awayExpected standard50%
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary SchoolKidderminster · 93 miles awayGood45%
Wiggonby CofE SchoolWigton · 94 miles awayGood75%
Wolverton Primary SchoolWarwick · 99 miles awayNeeds attention70%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Calderdale 71%, England 60%) · Not recorded 18% (Calderdale 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Calderdale 2%, England 3%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.43 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Calderdale: 2.79 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,488; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.9%62.3%
Social housing13.6%17.1%
Privately rented15.5%20.5%
Detached houses22.9%22.9%
Flats8.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010956 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,50040 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£183,000–£426,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£430,000
Semi-detached (12)£305,000
Terraced (17)£209,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.79 km, 2019 entry): 400 sales, median £225,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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