Trinity Academy Akroydon
General Information
- Address: Rawson Street North, Boothtown, Halifax, HX3 6PU – View on map
- Phone: 01422351291
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Holland
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 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: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 81
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.9%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Calderdale average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.8% a year (Calderdale 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 35% moved to another school, 65% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, 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.
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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Calderdale average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 75% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 44 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 58th of 76 junior and primary schools in the area
- =56Todmorden CofE J, I & N School56%
- =58Moorside Community Primary School55%
- =58Trinity Academy Akroydon55%
- #60Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School52%
- =61Cliffe Hill Community Primary School50%
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52nd of 61 primary schools in Calderdale for Ofsted rating
- #50Todmorden CofE J, I & N SchoolGood
- #51Triangle CofE VC Primary SchoolGood
- #52Trinity Academy AkroydonGood
- #53Trinity Academy St Chad'sGood
- #54Trinity Academy St Peter'sGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,271 (2024-25)
41st of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for spending per pupil
- #39Old Earth Primary School£7,371
- #40Abbey Park Academy£7,326
- #41Trinity Academy Akroydon£7,271
- #42Dean Field Community Primary School£7,135
- #43Bowling Green Academy£7,088
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