Dean Field Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Dean Field Community Primary School is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Dean Field Community 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, but a last distance was published in 9 of the 10 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 54.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale is 52.3%.
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
- Cousin Lane, Ovenden, Halifax, HX2 8DQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2022
Strengths
- “Dean Field Community Primary School is a school where pupils are at the heart of everything that leaders and staff do.”
- “Parents feel the school has been transformed.”
- “One parent summarised the strength of feeling by saying, ‘teachers and staff are incredibly supportive and nurturing to the children’.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes a small minority of older pupils use homophobic language.”
- “In some foundation subjects, leaders have not considered carefully enough the precise knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always have the prior knowledge they need to understand new topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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) | 77% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorside Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ash Green Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Park Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lee Mount Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Whitehill 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published