# Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School

Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 70 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E107554. [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 70
- Council: Calderdale
- URN: 107554

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 1 March 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 68% of pupils at Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Compass Community School Willow Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/compass-community-school-willow-park-e148059): 240 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Trinity Academy Grammar](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-academy-grammar-e144946): 320 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Bolton Brow Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-brow-primary-academy-e137392): 370 m. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Warley Town School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warley-town-school-e107495): 990 m. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Warley Road Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warley-road-primary-academy-e146677): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [New Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-road-primary-school-e107518): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), April 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/107554)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/107554)

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