# St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 172 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E141480. [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 172
- Council: Calderdale
- URN: 141480

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 58% of pupils at St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 58% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 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.

- [Dean Field Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dean-field-community-primary-school-e145400): 80 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Moorside Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moorside-community-primary-school-e134659): 700 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ash Green Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ash-green-community-primary-school-e107534): 1.1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Broadwood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broadwood-school-e131960): 1.2 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Abbey Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abbey-park-academy-e140172): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Whitley AP Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-whitley-ap-academy-e146204): 1.5 km. Pupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, March 2024

## 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/141480)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141480)

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