Parkinson Lane Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Halifax, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.519 miles
Published by Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parkinson Lane Community Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Parkinson Lane Community 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 | 0.519 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
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered was 0.519 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 12 Calderdale primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.26 miles).
- The 2026 distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 10 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 69 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Parkinson Lane, Parkinson Lane Community Primary School, Halifax, HX1 3XL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 535 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders, staff, pupils and the wider community have transformed this school.”
- “They are united by a shared vision to ensure that every pupil benefits from an ambitious curriculum, enhanced by meaningful extra-curricular activities.”
- “From the moment that pupils start at this welcoming and inclusive school, they happily embrace every opportunity that has been carefully planned for them.”
To improve
- “Most pupils speak English as an additional language, and many initially struggle to speak English fluently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 October 2023 (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) | 61% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Savile Park Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warley Road Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beech Hill School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bolton Brow Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published