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School · PrimaryiSource and licenceOfficial record from Get Information about Schools (DfE). Results, attendance, pupil numbers, finance and inspection outcomes are from the Department for Education and Ofsted, as published.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Governance Register calculates the connections.How we handle data

Lightcliffe C of E Primary School

Academy converter primary school in Halifax (Calderdale).

KS2 RWM expected
64%
▲ 2pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
71%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
73%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
83%
▲ 11pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
96.7%
▲ 2pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
22.4
▲ 1.7 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
9.5%
▼ 15pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
88%
370 / 420 pupils
register figure (GIAS)

Key stage 2, 2024/25

64%Reading, writing and maths+2 pts vs EnglandEngland 62% · 2024/25Calderdale 62%
71%Reading-4 pts vs EnglandEngland 75% · 2024/25Calderdale 75%
83%Writing (teacher assessed)+11 pts vs EnglandEngland 72% · 2024/25Calderdale 71%
73%Maths-1 pts vs EnglandEngland 74% · 2024/25Calderdale 74%
58%Grammar, punctuation and spelling-15 pts vs EnglandEngland 73% · 2024/25Calderdale 70%

64% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2 points above England (62%).

Higher standard and scaled scoresiA scaled score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 is the top of the scale.Based on 59 pupils at the end of key stage 2.Pupils reaching the expected standard, 2024/25. DfE key stage 2 performance tables (revised), via WhatSchool. England and local authority figures from the same release.

12%Higher standard, reading, writing and maths+4 pts vs EnglandEngland 8% · 2024/25Calderdale 6%
25%Higher standard, readingEngland 33% · 2024/25Calderdale 31%
24%Higher standard, mathsEngland 26% · 2024/25Calderdale 25%
104Average scaled score, readingEngland 106 · 2024/25
103Average scaled score, mathsEngland 105 · 2024/25

Progress, 2022/23

iDfE key stage 2 performance tables, 2022/23 column, via WhatSchool.
-1.0Readingrange -2.6 to +0.70 = average nationally
-5.4Writingrange -7.0 to -3.90 = average nationally
-0.5Mathsrange -2.0 to +1.10 = average nationally

0 is average progress nationally for pupils with the same starting point. When the range around the score includes 0, the school cannot be said to be above or below average. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23.

Key stage 2 over time

iSchools with no figure for a year either had no published result or too few pupils. No tests were taken in 2019/20 and 2020/21 (COVID-19). Progress scores are not published after 2022/23.School figures: DfE key stage 2 performance tables via WhatSchool (the years held here). England: DfE Key stage 2 national headlines, all schools. England 2025/26 (provisional, published September 2026) is 63%; school-level 2025/26 results are not yet in this data.
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YearSchool: reading, writing and mathsEnglandReadingWritingMathsReading progressMaths progress
2024/2564%62%71%83%73%--
2023/2457%61%-----
2022/2349%60%----1.0-0.5

Pupils and places, 2024/25

iPupils on roll in the January 2026 school census: 370. The survey and the census count pupils on different dates, so the two numbers can differ.The Capacity figure at the top of this page comes from the Get Information about Schools register (pupils on roll against places), so it can differ from this survey.
395Pupils countedcapacity survey 2024/25
420Placescapacity survey 2024/25
94%Of places filled

Under capacity: 25 places were unfilled (6% of places).

DfE school capacity survey 2024/25, via WhatSchool. Open Government Licence v3.0. Places are the school's capacity as counted in the survey, which can differ from the figure in Get Information about Schools.

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