St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School

Foundation school·Primary school Halifax, Calderdale·HX3 7QU
Composite score
39.0
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#11,227
National rank
#1146
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#56
In Calderdale
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 17 places
Applications from another council area
41%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9120231.0020241.0020250.942026

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

Every child who put St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
170
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,859
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School

St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale, classified by the DfE as a foundation school with a Church of England religious character. Around 170 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 25.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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