Warley Town School

About Warley Town School

Warley Town School is a small state primary in Calderdale, a local authority with 82 primary schools where only seven currently hold an Ofsted Outstanding rating. The school sits at 40th place in the LA rankings, putting it in the bottom half of Calderdale primaries, while its top-performing local peers include St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School, All Saints' CofE Primary School and The Greetland Academy. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Luddendenfoot Academy, about 1.6 kilometres away. Warley Town itself was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023, with inspectors awarding Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a consistent rating from its previous inspection in 2013, which also judged overall effectiveness and leadership and management as Good. The school is non-denominational and co-educational, serving 131 pupils aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 137.

Academically, Warley Town's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 58%, just below the Calderdale LA average of 59%. Reading was a relative strength, with 89% of pupils meeting the expected standard and 37% achieving a higher standard, alongside an average reading score of 109. Maths saw 74% at expected and 21% at higher, with an average score of 106. Writing was weaker, with 68% at expected and only 5% at higher. The school's ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50% of primary schools by this combined measure, at 8,410th out of 13,686 schools nationally, and 891st out of 1,506 in Yorkshire and the Humber. Only 5% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school has a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 9.9%, which is below the national average.

Warley Town School offers a range of facilities including a Forest School, playing fields, an outdoor playground, a dining hall and a chapel. Sports provision covers cross country, rounders, tennis, athletics, swimming and dance, while extracurricular clubs include choir, art club, gardening, eco club and science club. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 61 applications for 20 places and 19 first-preference offers made from 20 first-preference applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.05. SEND support is available for pupils with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. There is no nursery provision or sixth form. This is a small, community-focused primary that suits families who value a Good-rated school with strong reading outcomes and a broad range of clubs and outdoor learning, but who are comfortable with its middling academic ranking within Calderdale.

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