Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Westgate, Elland, HX5 0BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss L Hartley
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 107550
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01422373159
About this school
Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Elland. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 138 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 27% | 12% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 53% | 41% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 43% | 29% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 37% | 12% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 97.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| 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 Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) 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 | 33% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 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 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 161 |
| 2024/25 | 145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School compares
Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School ranked 76th 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 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 12% | 5.4% | 66.4% | 138 | — |
| Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School | 64% | 5.3% | 38% | 309 | 0.5 miles |
| West Vale Academy | 82% | 6% | 46.4% | 74 | 0.6 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | 33% | 5.9% | 20.4% | 106 | 0.6 miles |
| Old Earth Primary School | 63% | 4.1% | 15.1% | 461 | 0.9 miles |
| The Greetland Academy | 86% | 3.9% | 10.9% | 385 | 1.3 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 66.42%
- English as an additional language
- 17.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.43%
- Persistent absence
- 15.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Elland
-
West Vale Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Elland
-
Old Earth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Elland
-
The Greetland Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Halifax
Other schools in Elland
- Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Old Earth Primary School Primary
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Primary
- The Brooksbank School Secondary
- William Henry Smith Specialist College Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Elland.
- Who is the headteacher of Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School is Miss L Hartley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) 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 big is Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School?
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School full?
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School has capacity for 236 pupils and 138 on roll (58%), 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 Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School a faith school?
- Yes. Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Leeds (ce).
- Does Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) 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 33% 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 Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School rank locally?
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School ranked 76th 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 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) 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.