Copley Primary School

CalderdaleCommunity school

Wakefield Road, Copley, Halifax, HX3 0TP

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah HemingwaySchool website ↗Pupils: 312 (capacity: 315)
Ofsted Good
Inspected July 2024
Oversubscribed
79% of first-choice applicants offered a place
67%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected July 2024
79%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 16 July 2024Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
67.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 80%·Writing 76%·Maths 84%All three 67%
Reading
Expected80%
Exceeding38%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected76%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected84%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
44
How many families wanted this school first?
48
How many got their first choice?
38of 48 (79.2%)
How many applied in total?
140

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
16.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
4.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
16.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
158 girls, 154 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 78% (2017/18), currently 67%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1661.0%12.0%-0.7-2.9+0.2
2016/1768.0%3.0%-1.3-3.1-0.9
2017/1878.0%6.0%+0.6-0.8+0.6
2018/1969.0%13.0%-2.9-2.8-3.0
2022/2363.0%16.0%+1.2+1.2+0.6
2023/2466.0%6.0%---
2024/2567.0%0.0%---