Trinity Academy St Peter's
General Information
- Address: St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1HB – View on map
- Phone: 01422831971
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Rachel Dawson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 4 families put it first for 4 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 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Calderdale average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 39.3% a year (Calderdale 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% 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. 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 23.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 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: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Calderdale average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 43%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 106
- Based on: 14 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 22nd of 76 junior and primary schools in the area
- =20Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School72%
- =22Riverside Junior School71%
- =22Trinity Academy St Peter's71%
- =24Colden Junior and Infant School70%
- =24Northowram Primary School70%
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54th of 61 primary schools in Calderdale for Ofsted rating
- #52Trinity Academy AkroydonGood
- #53Trinity Academy St Chad'sGood
- #54Trinity Academy St Peter'sGood
- #55Trinity Academy WhitehillGood
- #56Wainstalls SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,253 (2024-25)
20th of 76 primary schools in Calderdale for spending per pupil
- #18Holywell Green Primary School£8,332
- #19Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy£8,288
- #20Trinity Academy St Peter's£8,253
- #21St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy£8,057
- #22Scout Road Academy£7,990
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