Withinfields Primary School
Withinfields, Southowram, Halifax, HX3 9QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen York
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 338
- URN
- 107502
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01422363581
About this school
Withinfields Primary School is a community primary school in Halifax. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 338 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 46 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 70% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 85% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 78% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 87% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Withinfields Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Calderdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 60.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 346 |
| 2023/24 | 331 |
| 2024/25 | 345 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Withinfields Primary School compares
Withinfields Primary School ranked 53rd of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.9% | 29.5% | 338 | — |
| Siddal Primary School | 32% | 5.3% | 47.5% | 169 | 0.9 miles |
| Salterhebble Junior and Infant School | 69% | 4.1% | 17.2% | 204 | 1.0 miles |
| Trinity Academy St Chad's | 81% | 3.9% | 15.1% | 121 | 1.3 miles |
| All Saints' CofE Primary School | 77% | 3.3% | 7.6% | 208 | 1.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | 95% | 4.3% | 21.2% | 137 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 December 2025
- 5 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.49%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.92%
- Persistent absence
- 13.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Siddal Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
Salterhebble Junior and Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
Trinity Academy St Chad's1.3 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
All Saints' CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Halifax
Other schools in Halifax
Withinfields Primary School ranks 29th of the 41 ranked primary schools in Halifax.
- Abbey Park Academy Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Ash Green Community Primary School Primary
- Barkisland CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Beech Hill School Primary
- Bowling Green Academy Primary
- Bradshaw Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Copley Primary School Primary
- Dean Field Community Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Withinfields Primary School teach?
- Withinfields Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Halifax.
- Who is the headteacher of Withinfields Primary School?
- The headteacher of Withinfields Primary School is Mrs Helen York, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Withinfields Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Withinfields Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Withinfields Primary School?
- Withinfields Primary School has 338 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Withinfields Primary School full?
- Withinfields Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 338 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Withinfields Primary School a faith school?
- No. Withinfields Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Withinfields Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Withinfields Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Withinfields Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Withinfields Primary School rank locally?
- Withinfields Primary School ranked 53rd of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Withinfields Primary School's absence rate?
- Withinfields Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Withinfields Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Withinfields Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.