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St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School

Primary · Halifax · HX3 7QU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 September 2022

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At a glance

192 pupils · 91% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
20.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.st-michaelangels.calderdale.sch.uk/
URN
107570

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 0.771 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 16 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
25/26
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 (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.771 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Calderdale average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Weston Rhyn Primary SchoolOswestry · 78 miles awayGood35%
St Andrews Church of England Primary School, MaghullLiverpool · 49 miles awayGood63%
The Topsham SchoolExeter · 223 miles awayGood52%
Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary SchoolLincoln · 61 miles awayGood60%
NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary SchoolMorpeth · 110 miles awayGood82%
East Harling Primary School and NurseryNorwich · 146 miles awayGood40%
Lickhill Primary SchoolStourport-on-Severn · 99 miles awayGood74%
Appleby Primary SchoolAppleby-in-Westmorland · 63 miles awayGood50%
Lingwood Primary AcademyLingwood · 157 miles awayGood81%
Kingsclere Church of England Primary SchoolNewbury · 170 miles awayGood (2019)64%
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (Market Bosworth)Nuneaton · 80 miles awayGood82%
Hanborough Manor CofE SchoolWitney · 135 miles awayGood58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Calderdale 71%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Calderdale 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Calderdale 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Calderdale 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.65 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
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,849; 11.1% 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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,558
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £137,471; in-year balance +£5,568

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.4%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses15.9%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010932 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£180,000212 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£137,000–£260,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (46)£378,500
Semi-detached (92)£179,500
Terraced (69)£150,000
Flat (5)£80,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.24 km, 2020 entry): 311 sales, median £172,500. 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

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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