St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school Brighouse, Calderdale·HD6 2HH

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

44 first choices, 45 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 45 places

Applications from another council area

11%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 159
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

22.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

10.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,593

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School Brighouse · 0.3 mi 58.2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Brighouse · 0.5 mi 46.9 Trinity Academy St Chad's Brighouse · 0.6 mi 74.8 Cliffe Hill Community Primary School Halifax · 0.8 mi 37.2 Longroyde Primary School Brighouse · 0.8 mi 38.4 Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School Brighouse · 1.1 mi 78.4 Woodhouse Primary School Brighouse · 1.2 mi 58.6 Lightcliffe C of E Primary School Halifax · 1.2 mi 55.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School is a primary school serving Brighouse, Calderdale, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 159 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School 'Good'.

St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 44 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.