Castle Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Todmorden, 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 🔒
Castle Hill Primary School is a primary school in Todmorden, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 April 2024. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hill 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but a last distance was published in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2015 and 2016.
- In 2026, Reception had 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
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
- Ewood Lane, Todmorden, OL14 7DF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 162 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 April 2024
Strengths
- “Castle Hill Primary is an inclusive school.”
- “Pupils feel safe and listened to.”
- “They are keen to attend school and enjoy their lessons.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, subject leadership is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “Some leaders lack the knowledge they need to support the ongoing development of their subjects.”
- “In addition, the school has not developed a consistent approach to assessment in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (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) | 42% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Ferney Lee Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Todmorden CofE J, I & N School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shade Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colden Junior and Infant School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebden Royd CofE Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published