Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Greenfield Terrace, Cornholme, Todmorden, OL14 8PL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Dickinson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 107521
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706812787
About this school
Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School is a community primary school in Todmorden. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 105 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 19% | 12% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 44% | 35% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 67% | 35% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 52% | 35% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 99.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery 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 | 54% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 19% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 12% | 60.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 170 |
| 2023/24 | 152 |
| 2024/25 | 126 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School compares
Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School ranked 75th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 12% | 9.2% | 42.6% | 105 | — |
| Sharneyford Primary School | 30% | 6.5% | 15.9% | 63 | 1.8 miles |
| Castle Hill Primary School | 42% | 4.4% | 22.6% | 162 | 1.9 miles |
| Ferney Lee Primary School | 46% | 5.1% | 31.4% | 219 | 2.1 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger | 57% | 4.6% | 13.8% | 201 | 2.2 miles |
| Northern Primary School | 50% | 4% | 18.8% | 161 | 2.2 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 report27 January 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.61%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.18%
- Persistent absence
- 25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sharneyford Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
Castle Hill Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Todmorden
-
Ferney Lee Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Todmorden
-
St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger2.2 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Northern Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Bacup
Other schools in Todmorden
Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School ranks 7th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Todmorden.
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Ferney Lee Primary School Primary
- Shade Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Todmorden CofE J, I & N School Primary
- Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy Secondary
- Pennine Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Todmorden.
- Who is the headteacher of Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School is Mrs Emma Dickinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery 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 many pupils are at Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School?
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School has 105 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School full?
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School has capacity for 240 pupils and 105 on roll (44%), 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 Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 12% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School compare with other schools in Calderdale?
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School ranked 75th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery 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.