Northowram Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Halifax, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.018 miles
Published by Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northowram Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Northowram Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.018 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.018 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of 12 Calderdale primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 72 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In reading, writing and maths, 70% met the expected standard in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Calderdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Baxter Lane, Northowram, Halifax, HX3 7EF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 451 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s high expectations for pupils’ academic and personal development make a real difference to the pupils at Northowram.”
- “As a result of high-quality provision and support, pupils are well prepared for their next steps in learning, including the move up to secondary school at the end of Year 6.”
- “Pupils are happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ achievement in subjects not assessed nationally, while strong, is not quite as high.”
- “However, some teachers lack subject-specific knowledge in some parts of the curriculum.”
- “This makes it harder for them to identify and address pupils’ misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 72 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Calderdale.
- Salterlee Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelf Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Akroydon 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lightcliffe C of E Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beech Hill School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lee Mount Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published