Barkisland CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Barkisland CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Barkisland CofE VA 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
- Free school meals: 4.1% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 19.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest 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
- Scammonden Road, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy in this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “Relationships across the school are warm and respectful, reflecting the school’s positive culture and vision of ‘we believe, we nurture, we succeed’.”
- “High expectations are in place for all pupils’ learning, attendance and behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, activities and the work in pupils’ books show that some tasks do not align with what the pupils need to learn.”
- “For some, the resources they need to support their learning are not readily available.”
- “This means that some pupils with SEND do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (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) | 76% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- Ripponden Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bowling Green Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Triangle CofE VC Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Primary School In Rishworth 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Norland CE School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy St Peter's 2.0 mi Good Last distance published