Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Elland, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Elland, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cross Lane Primary and Nursery 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, whereas places ran out in both earlier published years, 2016 and 2020.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 35.6% and pupils per teacher 19.5, against middle figures of 17.9% and 24.8 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
- Cross Lane, Elland, HX5 0LP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone in this school is ‘growing together’.”
- “There is a strong sense of community in the school.”
- “This is reflected in the strength of relationships between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “This is well developed in some subjects and becoming more developed in others.”
- “These checks do not always identify the precise areas within particular subjects that need further development.”
- “In some areas of the early years curriculum, leaders have not made it clear enough what they intend for children to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 64% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Vale Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holywell Green Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Earth Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Greetland Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints' CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Copley Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published