Primary school

Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Calderdale
  • HX6 2BJ
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jun 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,033 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 41%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 79%2017/18: top 96%2018/19: top 49%2022/23: top 44%2023/24: top 34%34% · 2023/242024/25: top 41%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Expected standard, RWM68% · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM7% · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score104 · Yorkshire and The Humber 105Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score104 · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.5Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 42% · 24 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 50%2016/17: 50% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2017/18: 36% · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 65%2018/19: 68% · 34 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 66%2022/23: 64% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2023/24: 69% · 26 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 62%2024/25: 68% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%69%36%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 24 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 3%2016/17: 3% · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2017/18: 8% · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2018/19: 0% · 34 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 8%2022/23: 0% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2023/24: 4% · 26 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2024/25: 7% · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%8%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 24 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1022016/17: 105 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032017/18: 100 · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052018/19: 102 · 34 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042022/23: 105 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052023/24: 105 · 26 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052024/25: 104 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 105105100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 24 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032016/17: 101 · 30 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042017/18: 102 · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042018/19: 105 · 34 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052022/23: 107 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042023/24: 107 · 26 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042024/25: 104 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.5107101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
9 of 9 who put it first2014 · 84.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st99
2nd62
3rd30

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2010–2025

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Early years provisionGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2010Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Remains Good
  7. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor
  8. 2025All areas Goodas predecessor

inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202670
Free school meals (past 6 years)41.7%
First language not English2.4%
SEN support16.7%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)5.6%
Persistently absent pupils17.4%

Girls 53.6%Boys 46.4%

33.3% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.8
Pupils per adult8.2
  • Classroom teachers 3
  • Leadership 1.7
  • Teaching assistants 3.8
  • Other support 3.2

Teachers 4.7 FTE · Whole workforce 11.7 · 19 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£11,683
Spend per pupil£12,021
Staff spend per pupil£8,555
Reserve per pupil−£114
  • −£7,958revenue reserve
  • −£23,648in-year balance

Grants £9,869 · self-generated £1,814 · premises £694 per pupil