Bolton Brow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.351 miles
Published by Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bolton Brow Primary Academy is a primary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 November 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bolton Brow Primary Academy 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 | 0.351 mi |
| 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 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.351 miles away, the shortest of 12 Calderdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 29 offers, or 1.3 first choices per offer, the highest of 76 Calderdale primary schools.
- In 2026, 29 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- Results for 2024/25 show 67% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders, staff and parents are united in their vision that every pupil will succeed at this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Working together, they ensure that this vision is realised.”
- “The community is ‘Proud to be Brow’.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, teachers plan learning activities that do not help pupils to learn what they need for their next steps.”
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not consistently check that pupils have learned this information over a longer period.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 2022 (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) | 67% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Warley Road Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norland CE School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warley Town School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- New Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkinson Lane Community Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Savile Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published