Mount Pellon Primary Academy

About Mount Pellon Primary Academy

Mount Pellon Primary Academy sits in Calderdale, one of 73 primary schools in the local authority, and ranks 44th among them. That places it in the bottom half of the LA table, though it’s worth noting that the three top-performing peers nearby — St Mary’s CofE (VC) J and I School, All Saints’ CofE Primary School, and The Greetland Academy — all score considerably higher on the same ranking metric. The school is a mixed, state-funded primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has no religious character and is led by headteacher Ruth Collyer. Of the 302 pupils on roll, 48 per cent are eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average and gives a clear sense of the community it serves. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Parkinson Lane Community Primary School, just 1.1 kilometres away.

Academically, Mount Pellon’s most recent Key Stage 2 results, from the 2023/24 academic year, show 56 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That’s three percentage points below the Calderdale LA average of 59 per cent. In individual subjects, 69 per cent met the expected standard in maths, 67 per cent in writing, and 58 per cent in reading. At the higher standard, just 6 per cent achieved across all three subjects, with 19 per cent hitting the higher bar in maths and 11 per cent in both reading and writing. Average scaled scores sat at 102 for both reading and maths. The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2019, rated it Good overall, with Good for leadership and management, and Good for early years provision. An ungraded inspection in 2024 confirmed the school remains Good. This is a significant improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2016, which rated the school Inadequate overall.

The school is oversubscribed for Reception entry in 2025/26, with 32 applications for 15 places and 13 first-preference offers made. That works out at just over two applicants per place, so getting in is competitive. Facilities include an art studio, dining hall, library, outdoor playground and a chapel. Sport provision covers athletics, gymnastics, netball, swimming, cricket, tennis and rounders, while clubs include gardening, coding and eco club. The school’s SEND provision is notably broad, covering moderate learning difficulty, profound and multiple learning difficulty, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairment, and physical disability. Parent View responses, based on 50 respondents, are overwhelmingly positive: 98 per cent would recommend the school, and 98 per cent of parents strongly agree or agree that their child is happy. This is a school that has turned around from a difficult Ofsted past and now serves a high-FSM community with strong parental satisfaction, despite academic results that sit just below the LA average.

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