Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School
Halifax, HX6 2BJ · Calderdale local authority
Halifax’s School Grade B better than 65% of towns in England
What stands out about Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School
- Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 63% of England’s primary schools
- 67% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5 points above England’s schools
- Room to spare: 70 pupils for 210 places
- 46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (HX6 2) sold for a median £151,000; Halifax’s is £152,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 67%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 63% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Calderdale avg 60%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 11 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
Halifax and Calderdale, side by side
2023–2025All 79 graded primaries in Calderdale. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Halifax’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greetland Academy | A+ | 11% | 85% |
| St John's Primary School In Rishworth | A+ | 4% | 83% |
| Wainstalls School | A+ | 11% | 83% |
| Scout Road Academy | A | 13% | 79% |
| Luddendenfoot Academy | A | 13% | 79% |
| Trinity Academy St Chad's | A | 15% | 79% |
| Bowling Green Academy | A | 20% | 79% |
| Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School | A | 13% | 77% |
| St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School | A | 5% | 76% |
| Woodhouse Primary School | A− | 9% | 75% |
| St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School | A− | 29% | 74% |
| All Saints' CofE Primary School | A− | 11% | 74% |
| Shade Primary School | A− | 18% | 73% |
| Abbey Park Academy | A− | 45% | 72% |
| Beech Hill School | A− | 37% | 71% |
| St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton | A− | 7% | 71% |
| Bradshaw Primary School | A− | 17% | 71% |
| Dean Field Community Primary School | A− | 54% | 71% |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 70% | 71% |
| Northowram Primary School | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Parkinson Lane Community Primary School | B+ | 35% | 70% |
| West Vale Academy | B+ | 45% | 69% |
| Norland CE School | B+ | 20% | 68% |
| Bolton Brow Primary Academy | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School | B | 46% | 67% |
| Warley Road Primary Academy | B | 33% | 67% |
| Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School | B | 12% | 67% |
| Withinfields Primary School | B | 29% | 66% |
| Old Earth Primary School | B | 15% | 66% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | B | 23% | 66% |
| Copley Primary School | B | 10% | 65% |
| Barkisland CofE VA Primary School | B− | 4% | 64% |
| Todmorden CofE J, I & N School | B− | 27% | 64% |
| Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School | B− | 12% | 64% |
| Colden Junior and Infant School | B− | 11% | 63% |
| Ripponden Junior and Infant School | B− | 11% | 63% |
| Midgley School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| Salterhebble Junior and Infant School | B− | 19% | 62% |
| Riverside Junior School | B− | 20% | 62% |
| Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School | B− | 37% | 62% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse | B− | 16% | 62% |
| The Calder Learning Trust | B− | 28% | 62% |
| Warley Town School | B− | 9% | 61% |
| Trinity Academy Whitehill | B− | 29% | 61% |
| Mount Pellon Primary Academy | B− | 52% | 61% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy | C+ | 30% | 60% |
| Hebden Royd CofE Primary School | C+ | 17% | 60% |
| Longroyde Primary School | C+ | 32% | 59% |
| Triangle CofE VC Primary School | C+ | 15% | 59% |
| The Halifax Academy | C+ | 41% | 59% |
| Old Town Primary School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School | C+ | 45% | 58% |
| Holywell Green Primary School | C+ | 19% | 58% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | C | 39% | 57% |
| Lightcliffe C of E Primary School | C | 10% | 57% |
| Salterlee Primary School | C | 16% | 56% |
| Carr Green Primary School | C | 16% | 55% |
| Castle Hill Primary School | C | 23% | 55% |
| Trinity Academy St Peter's | C | 47% | 55% |
| New Road Primary School | C | 35% | 54% |
| Ash Green Community Primary School | C− | 60% | 52% |
| Trinity Academy Akroydon | C− | 40% | 52% |
| Cliffe Hill Community Primary School | C− | 52% | 51% |
| Shelf Junior and Infant School | C− | 13% | 50% |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy | C− | 27% | 49% |
| Savile Park Primary School | C− | 28% | 48% |
| Ferney Lee Primary School | D | 29% | 46% |
| Lee Mount Academy | D | 54% | 45% |
| Moorside Community Primary School | D | 65% | 44% |
| Burnley Road Academy | D | 38% | 43% |
| Field Lane Primary School | D | 69% | 43% |
| St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School | D | 20% | 41% |
| Siddal Primary School | D | 40% | 41% |
| Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School | D− | 60% | 35% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | D− | 19% | 35% |
| St Augustine's CofE School | D− | 63% | 32% |
| Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School | D− | 39% | 28% |
| St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | D− | 56% | 28% |
| Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School | D− | 64% | 26% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202584 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2023.
Living near Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in HX6 2, the school’s postcode sector
Halifax property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in HX6 2 sell for about the same as Halifax’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
20 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Halifax, HX6 2BJ
Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School: common questions
Is Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 63% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 67% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2023.
What is Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).
How much do houses cost near Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, HX6 2, sold for a median £151,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (338 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Halifax’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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