New Road Primary School, Sowerby Bridge

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help

New Road Primary School

Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge HX6 1DY

https://www.newroadprimarycalderdale.org.uk/

New Road Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Calderdale). It has about 160 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In April 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Admissions, Attendance and Finances. Relative weaknesses include Representation, Environment, Attainment and Progress.

The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.

Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.

Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore

Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.2		Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
0.4		Tuel Lane Infant School
0.7		Trinity Academy St Peter's
0.8		Warley Town School
0.8		Christ Church CofE VA Junior School, Sowerby Bridge
0.9		Norland CE School
0.9		Bolton Brow Primary Academy
1.0		Triangle CofE VC Primary School
1.1		Luddendenfoot Academy
1.4		Warley Road Primary Academy
1.6		The Halifax Academy
1.7		Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is very low and the offer rate is roughly average.

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is about average. Progress in reading is below average. Progress in writing is about average.

Progress: Below average. Progress in maths is below average, in reading it is below average and in writing it is about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: Below average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very high.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

If you are from this school and have a comment or correction then please write to us: [email protected]