St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Brighouse, 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 🔒
St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton is a primary school in Brighouse, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton 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, but places ran out in 6 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026, 14 of the 36 Reception applications (39%) came from families living outside Calderdale, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Towngate, Clifton, Brighouse, HD6 4HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel part of a family in this warm, welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are highly respectful towards adults and each other.”
- “Pupils feel safe and enjoy excellent relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “In some instances, staff do not identify and address pupils’ knowledge gaps and misconceptions quickly enough.”
- “This hinders pupils from progressing through the curriculum as well as they could.”
- “In mathematics, pupils know facts well, but the activities they are presented with do not routinely encourage them to reason and problem-solve soon enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 79% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 17 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.
- Woodhouse Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School 1.2 mi Outstanding
- St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Longroyde Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carr Green Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cliffe Hill Community Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published