Triangle CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sowerby Bridge, 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 🔒
Triangle CofE VC Primary School is a primary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Triangle 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
- 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 each of the 3 earlier published years, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Reception places ran out and a last distance was published.
- Reception 2026 saw 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Butterworth Lane, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3NJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Every pupil is known and valued as an individual at this welcoming, friendly school.”
- “The school’s strong Christian values are at the heart of school life.”
- “Pupils thrive in an environment where they feel happy and are safe.”
To improve
- “A small number of subjects are at an earlier stage of development than others.”
- “In these subjects, what pupils know, and can remember, is not supporting new learning as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 61% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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.
- Trinity Academy St Peter's 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Road Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Luddendenfoot Academy 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ripponden Junior and Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norland CE School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barkisland CofE VA Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published