Luddendenfoot Academy
Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot, Halifax, HX2 6AU
Headteacher: Mrs Carolyn GreenwoodSchool website ↗Pupils: 200 (capacity: 126)Part of POLARIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected December 2023
Oversubscribed
88% of first-choice applicants offered a place
80%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected December 2023
88%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 5 December 2023Full report ↗
Outstanding
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Rated Outstanding 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 combinedⓘReading, 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.
80.0%
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%.
10.0%
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 90%·Writing 83%·Maths 100%→All three 80%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
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?
- 30
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 32
- How many got their first choice?
- 28of 32 (87.5%)
- How many applied in total?
- 70
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
7.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
3.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN 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).
23.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
100 girls, 100 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↑ Peaked at 100% (2016/17), currently 80%
* 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
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 62.0% | 8.0% | +7.9 | +1.8 | +0.3 |
| 2016/17 | 100.0% | 5.0% | +7.2 | +1.4 | +6.2 |
| 2017/18 | 95.0% | 30.0% | +5.8 | +3.2 | +5.3 |
| 2018/19 | 78.0% | 15.0% | +2.4 | 0.0 | +0.3 |
| 2022/23 | 80.0% | 8.0% | +2.9 | +1.5 | +0.3 |
| 2023/24 | 76.0% | 10.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 80.0% | 10.0% | - | - | - |