St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
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 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic 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 | 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 63 of the 77 other Calderdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 2 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome, and figures swung sharply between some years, most from 2015 to 2016.
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 37 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 76 Calderdale primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Swires Road, Halifax, HX1 2ER
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s curriculum is ambitious.”
- “It reflects leaders’ high expectations for pupils’ academic achievement.”
- “These expectations are largely realised.”
To improve
- “Despite this, teachers do not check well enough what pupils have learned.”
- “When this happens, pupils are given work to complete that is not well matched to their needs.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes make mistakes in their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 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) | 62% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 37 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.
- Parkinson Lane Community Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Savile Park Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beech Hill School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warley Road Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published