Salterlee Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Salterlee Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Salterlee 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 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.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (7%) was not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 16.2% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- With 74 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 15.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale is 21.5.
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
- Kell Lane, Shibden, Halifax, HX3 7AY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 74 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and teachers have high expectations for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Teachers plan lessons that encourage pupils to contribute well.”
- “Pupils say that teachers make learning fun.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas, the curriculum does not meet the needs of pupils in foundation subjects in mixed-age classes as well as in core subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 14 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.
- Northowram Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Akroydon 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Shelf Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beech Hill School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lee Mount Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published