Old Town Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Calderdale
Billy Lane, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 07/11/2023
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.3%
8.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
84
Capacity used
Has space80%
105 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
11 of 11 families who put it first got an offer
11
Places offered
22
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 11 | 11 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 4 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 5 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 50% |
Calderdale lets families list 5 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jo Mansfield
- Address
- Billy Lane, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RY
- Phone
- 01422842859
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Ward / constituency
- Hebden Bridge & Todmorden East · Calder Valley
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150386
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PENNINE ALLIANCE LEARNING TRUST
84 pupils · 105 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 November 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 22
20 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 79 pupils
Attendance
95.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
8.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.