Salterhebble Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Halifax, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.261 miles
Published by Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Salterhebble Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Salterhebble Junior and Infant 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 | 1.261 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.261 miles away, the 5th longest of 12 Calderdale primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.26 miles).
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2022 and than in 2015, having swung sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Stafford Square, Halifax, HX3 0AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Salterhebble Junior and Infant School.”
- “They try hard to follow the school values of independence, confidence, aspiration, resilience, respect and excellence.”
- “They are proud to wear the hummingbird badge which represents these values.”
To improve
- “Assessment is used well in some subjects but needs developing in others.”
- “Assessment is not developed as well in some subjects.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not identify gaps in pupils’ learning precisely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 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) | 69% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Siddal Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Copley Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Savile Park Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Withinfields Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkinson Lane Community Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published