Woodhouse Primary School
Daisy Road, Brighouse, HD6 3SX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Crane
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 415
- URN
- 107528
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01484714750
About this school
Woodhouse Primary School is a community primary school in Brighouse. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 415 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 60 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 77% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 8% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 88% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 83% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 87% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| 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 Woodhouse 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 | 74% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 60.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 420 |
| 2024/25 | 417 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodhouse Primary School compares
Woodhouse Primary School ranked 19th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.4% | 8.4% | 415 | — |
| Longroyde Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 33% | 340 | 0.6 miles |
| Carr Green Primary School | 63% | 3.5% | 15.9% | 340 | 0.9 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School | 68% | 4.1% | 31.2% | 224 | 0.9 miles |
| St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton | 79% | 3.4% | 5.6% | 198 | 1.0 miles |
| Field Lane Primary School | 18% | 6.6% | 67.1% | 72 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report12 February 2025
- 17 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.39%
- English as an additional language
- 10.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.37%
- Persistent absence
- 3.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Longroyde Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
Carr Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton1.0 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
Field Lane Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Brighouse
Other schools in Brighouse
Woodhouse Primary School ranks 4th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Brighouse.
- Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School Primary
- Carr Green Primary School Primary
- Field Lane Primary School Primary
- Longroyde Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School Primary
- St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse Primary
- Trinity Academy St Chad's Primary
- Brighouse High School Secondary
- Rastrick High School Secondary
- Highbury School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodhouse Primary School teach?
- Woodhouse Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Brighouse.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodhouse Primary School?
- The headteacher of Woodhouse Primary School is Mrs Anne Crane, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodhouse Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodhouse 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 Woodhouse Primary School?
- Woodhouse Primary School has 415 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Woodhouse Primary School full?
- Woodhouse Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 415 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Woodhouse Primary School a faith school?
- No. Woodhouse Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Woodhouse Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Woodhouse Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Woodhouse Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodhouse Primary School rank locally?
- Woodhouse Primary School ranked 19th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodhouse Primary School's absence rate?
- Woodhouse Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodhouse Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodhouse 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.