Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Christ Church Pellon CofE VC 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
- In the January 2026 school census, 60.4% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale is 51.5%.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 63 of the 77 other Calderdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; a last distance was published in 2015.
- In 2026, Reception had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% 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.
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
- Sandbeds Road, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0QQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to come to this caring and inclusive school.”
- “Staff have created a lovely environment that not only supports pupils’ learning but also promotes the values of the school.”
- “Older pupils were able to speak about these with maturity.”
To improve
- “However, there is still further work to do in developing these.”
- “Occasionally, curriculum plans are not clear on what pupils are expected to know.”
- “Teachers do not always regularly check that pupils’ knowledge is being retained.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 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) | 52% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lee Mount Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warley Road Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Field Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkinson Lane Community Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published