Lee Mount Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Lee Mount Academy is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lee Mount 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 3 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 24 offers, which is 0.8 first choices per offer, the lowest of 76 Calderdale primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Lee Mount Road, Lee Mount, Halifax, HX3 5EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 274 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a warm, welcoming school where they feel known, supported and safe.”
- “The school sets calm routines from the moment children enter the early years, and adults model the language and care that help children settle quickly.”
- “Pupils have trusted adults they can talk to.”
To improve
- “That said, there remains some variability in how consistently this is done in a small number of subjects.”
- “There remain a limited number of occasions when support is not as effective as it could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2026 (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) | 61% | 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, 24 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 Augustine's CofE School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Akroydon 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beech Hill School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorside Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published