Warley Road Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Halifax, Calderdale·HX1 3TG
Composite score
56.0
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#5,159
National rank
#503
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#25
In Calderdale
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
64 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
97
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020230.8820240.9820251.072026

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

Calderdale does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Warley Road Primary Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
540
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
71.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,461
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Warley Road Primary Academy is a primary school serving Halifax, Calderdale, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 540 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Warley Road Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 64 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Warley Road Primary Academy 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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