Lee Mount Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Halifax, Calderdale·HX3 5EB
Composite score
46.6
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National rank
#868
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#43
In Calderdale
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.9720230.7320240.7720250.792026

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

Every child who put Lee Mount Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
277
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,610
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Lee Mount Academy is a primary school serving Halifax, Calderdale, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 277 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 22.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lee Mount Academy their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 57% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Lee Mount 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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