Northowram Primary School
Baxter Lane, Halifax, HX3 7EF
451 pupils · 107% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 12 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 70% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 5% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.2 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 72 | 128 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 67 | 119 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 54 | 54 | 109 | 54 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 73 | 141 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 58 | 66 | 144 | 58 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 52 | 52 | 116 | 52 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 71 | 147 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 55 | 51 | 121 | 55 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Salterlee Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Shelf Junior and Infant School 1.4 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Trinity Academy Akroydon 2.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Lightcliffe C of E Primary School 2.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.