Hebden Royd CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Lane, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6DS – View on map
- Phone: 01422842821
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Robert Paton
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 7 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Calderdale average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (Calderdale 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Calderdale: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Calderdale, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Calderdale average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 58% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 12 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 61st of 76 junior and primary schools in the area
- #60Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School52%
- =61Cliffe Hill Community Primary School50%
- =61Hebden Royd CofE Primary School50%
- #63Shelf Junior and Infant School48%
- #64New Road Primary School47%
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26th of 61 primary schools in Calderdale for Ofsted rating
- #24Ferney Lee Primary SchoolGood
- #25Field Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #26Hebden Royd CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #27Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolGood
- #28Holywell Green Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,822 (2024-25)
27th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for spending per pupil
- #25Salterlee Primary School£7,892
- #26St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School£7,859
- #27Hebden Royd CofE Primary School£7,822
- #28Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School£7,695
- #29St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy£7,685
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