Moorside Community Primary School

CalderdaleCommunity school

Keighley Road, Ovenden, Halifax, HX2 8AP

Headteacher: Mrs Heidi HiggsSchool website ↗Pupils: 229 (capacity: 236)
Ofsted Good
Inspected February 2023
Oversubscribed
75% of first-choice applicants offered a place
55%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected February 2023
75%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 2 February 2023Full 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.
55.0%
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 66%·Writing 69%·Maths 66%All three 55%
Reading
Expected66%
Exceeding24%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected69%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected66%
Exceeding14%
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?
24
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
24of 32 (75.0%)
How many applied in total?
51

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
59.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
10.0%
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).
21.0%
Boys and girls
46%girls·54%boys
106 girls, 123 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 55% Reading, Writing & Maths

* 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
2015/1619.0%0.0%-2.6-4.5-4.8
2016/1739.0%3.0%-4.4-1.6-4.1
2017/1842.0%3.0%-1.5-0.4-1.2
2018/1941.0%3.0%-1.3+4.5+1.3
2022/2340.0%3.0%+0.8+0.2-1.1
2023/2437.0%7.0%---
2024/2555.0%0.0%---