Colden Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hebden Bridge, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colden Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Colden 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 | Not published |
| 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 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result was the 2nd highest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale that have results.
- The school had 47 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 28.3 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale is 21.4.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 10.6% of pupils, below the middle figure of 16.5% across 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
- Smithy Lane, Colden, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 47 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ personal and academic development.”
- “Pupils live up to these expectations.”
- “Leaders promote the values of ‘aspiration, empathy, creativity and fun’.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, teachers’ checks on pupils’ knowledge in mathematics are not closely linked to what pupils have been taught.”
- “Teachers do not identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge precisely enough.”
- “However, leaders have not identified clearly enough the vocabulary that children in the early years should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 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) | 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: 0 first-preference applications, 0 offers in total, 0 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.
- Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hebden Royd CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Central Street Infant and Nursery School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Riverside Junior School 2.0 mi Standards maintained
- Stubbings Infant School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Town Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ferney Lee Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published