Old Town Primary School
Billy Lane, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RY
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Old Town Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Buckley
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 78
- URN
- 107524
- Local authority
- Calderdale
About this school
Old Town Primary School was a community primary school in Hebden Bridge. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 78 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Old Town Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 13 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 77% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 85% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 77% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 77% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
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 Old Town 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 | 53% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 60.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 78 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Old Town Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.9% | 16.7% | 78 | — |
| Old Town Primary School | — | 4.8% | 17.7% | 84 | 0.0 miles |
| Stubbings Infant School | — | 3.9% | 9.8% | 71 | 0.8 miles |
| Riverside Junior School | 71% | 4.9% | 20.3% | 118 | 1.0 miles |
| Central Street Infant and Nursery School | — | 5% | 10% | 53 | 1.0 miles |
| Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School | — | 5% | 11.3% | 50 | 1.1 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.7%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 14.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Old Town Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Hebden Bridge
-
Stubbings Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Hebden Bridge
-
Riverside Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Hebden Bridge
-
Central Street Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Hebden Bridge
-
Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Hebden Bridge
Other schools in Hebden Bridge
- Burnley Road Academy Primary
- Central Street Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Colden Junior and Infant School Primary
- Hebden Royd CofE Primary School Primary
- Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Old Town Primary School Primary
- Riverside Junior School Primary
- Scout Road Academy Primary
- Stubbings Infant School Primary
- The Calder Learning Trust All-through
Common questions
- What year groups does Old Town Primary School teach?
- Old Town Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Hebden Bridge.
- Has Old Town Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Old Town Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Old Town Primary School?
- Old Town Primary School had 78 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Old Town Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Old Town Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Old Town 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 31 December 2024.