Lee Mount Academy
Lee Mount Road, Lee Mount, Halifax, HX3 5EB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Normington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Impact Education Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 390
- Pupils on roll
- 274
- URN
- 149545
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01422352856
About this school
Lee Mount Academy is a primary academy in Halifax. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 274 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
- Expected 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 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 49% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 102.0 |
Trends over time
How Lee Mount Academy 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 | — | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 60.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 333 |
| 2023/24 | 297 |
| 2024/25 | 277 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lee Mount Academy compares
Lee Mount Academy ranked 45th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 5.6% | 57% | 274 | — |
| St Augustine's CofE School | 36% | 8.3% | 64.6% | 156 | 0.4 miles |
| Trinity Academy Akroydon | 55% | 4.9% | 40.6% | 203 | 0.5 miles |
| Mount Pellon Primary Academy | 63% | 7.2% | 49.3% | 303 | 0.5 miles |
| Beech Hill School | 62% | 5.2% | 38.5% | 571 | 0.5 miles |
| Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School | 52% | 7.8% | 61.1% | 159 | 0.8 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)
- 56.98%
- English as an additional language
- 15.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.68%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Augustine's CofE School0.4 miles
Primary · Halifax
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Trinity Academy Akroydon0.5 miles
Primary · Halifax
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Mount Pellon Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Halifax
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Beech Hill School0.5 miles
Primary · Halifax
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Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Halifax
Other schools in Halifax
Lee Mount Academy ranks 24th 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 Lee Mount Academy teach?
- Lee Mount Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Halifax.
- Who is the headteacher of Lee Mount Academy?
- The headteacher of Lee Mount Academy is Mr Ben Normington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lee Mount Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lee Mount Academy, 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 Lee Mount Academy?
- Lee Mount Academy has 274 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lee Mount Academy full?
- Lee Mount Academy has capacity for 390 pupils and 274 on roll (70%), 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 Lee Mount Academy a faith school?
- No. Lee Mount Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Lee Mount Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lee Mount Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Lee Mount Academy?
- Lee Mount Academy is part of IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lee Mount Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2023/24 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lee Mount Academy rank locally?
- Lee Mount Academy ranked 45th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lee Mount Academy's absence rate?
- Lee Mount Academy's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lee Mount Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lee Mount Academy'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 10 July 2026.