West Vale Academy
Primary schoolWest Vale Academy is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 74 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 25 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 82% of pupils at West Vale Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 82% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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
In a straight line- St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Compass Community School NorthSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file650 m
- The Brooksbank SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 51.5 (2025/26, provisional)800 m
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 12% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- Cross Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- The Greetland AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Calderdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).