Holywell Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Halifax, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holywell Green Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Holywell Green 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 63 of the 77 other Calderdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2016, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out for Reception entry and a last distance was published.
- For 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th 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
- Stainland Road, Holywell Green, Halifax, HX4 9AE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Adults and pupils build warm and supportive relationships with each other.”
- “Pupils say that school is a safe place to be and that there is no bullying.”
To improve
- “This is not the case in all areas of the curriculum, however.”
- “In art and design, the curriculum is less well developed.”
- “It is not always clear how what pupils are learning builds on what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 68% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Bowling Green Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Greetland Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- West Vale Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Copley Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published