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Highbury School | Ofsted Ratings, SEN, Reviews & Admission 2026
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Highbury School
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- Calderdale HD6 3LD
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Outstanding
| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
| Quality of teaching, learning and assessment | Outstanding |
| Personal development, behaviour and welfare | Outstanding |
| Outcomes for pupils | Outstanding |
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Foundational Skills: Teachers have very high expectations and provide significant challenge, enabling rapid progress across all areas, including reading and maths.
Success of the Curriculum: The outstanding curriculum is broad, balanced, and personalized, tailored to each pupil's abilities and aspirations.
Areas Needing Improvement: Leaders are unwavering in their pursuit of increasing attendance, particularly for those who take holidays in term time.
Foundational Skills: Phonics programme adapted to students' readiness ensures literacy development.
Success of the Curriculum: Curriculum is well-structured, meeting individual needs effectively across provision areas.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Pupils make rapid progress across all areas of the curriculum, including English and mathematics.
Support for Falling Behind: Highly effective teaching and assessment systems are in place, supporting each pupil to learn successfully and promptly addressing any concerns.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Pupils' behavior in classrooms and around school is impeccable, with high levels of respect, politeness, and happiness.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Emphasizes reading fluency through phonics, connecting maths to real-life applications.
Support for Falling Behind: Behaviour support events engage parents, enhancing academic achievement.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Superb behaviour due to consistent adult support and understanding.
Support for SEND Pupils: Staff are highly trained and skilled in supporting pupils' additional needs, providing high levels of pastoral, nurture, and academic support.
Support for SEND Pupils: Tailored curriculum via EHC plans ensures all needs are met.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Pupils say there is no bullying, they feel safe, and if bullying were to occur, staff would deal with it effectively.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: Therapeutic specialist support includes play therapy, music, and occupational speech and language therapy, ensuring swift and comprehensive support.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Positive culture around safeguarding promotes pupil interests first.
Parent Feedback: Parents are extremely positive about the school, noting high levels of progress and positive changes in their children.
Parental Involvement: Parents receive detailed and regular reporting on their child's progress, and there are various communication options available for constant contact.
Parent Feedback: Parents value inclusive environment and positive impacts on family life.
Extracurricular Activities: The curriculum is enriched with many additional opportunities, including horse riding, dance, drama, music, and various sports-related activities.
Outdoor Facilities: The garden school inspires and develops pupils鈥� interests and skills, with access to bicycles, including those for wheelchair users.
Extracurricular Activities: Offers swimming, rock climbing, and horse riding for comprehensive development.
Teacher Engagement: The headteacher encourages every member of staff to be a leader, offering wide-ranging training opportunities for professional growth.
Impact on Student Progress: Teachers have high expectations, providing significant challenges that result in rapid progress across all areas of the curriculum.
Teaching Staff Challenges: There are no noted challenges with the teaching staff; staff are highly skilled, ambitious, and dedicated to equipping pupils with necessary life skills.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: Senior leaders hold regular progress meetings with teachers, implementing new strategies when necessary to ensure strong progress.
Teacher Engagement: Professional relationships foster teacher growth benefiting classroom dynamics.
Impact on Student Progress: Teachers supported professionally, enhancing educational outcomes.
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About Us
Highbury School is a Primary, Co-Ed school located in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
It has 136 students from age 4-11 yr with a student-teacher ratio of 10 : 1.
At this school, 0% of pupils achieved higher standard in reading, writing & maths at key stage 2.
This school rated Outstanding by recent Ofsted inspection.
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You're headed to wonderful locations! Your day has come! The mountain is waiting for you. We are all inspired by a variety of things in our environment. The literature we read, the locations we travel to, and the people we encounter. The children and families we interact with every day at Highbury School provide us with motivation because they each have a mountain they wish to climb. With the appropriate knowledge, skill, and professional approaches, we can carefully mould each child's learning experience and guarantee that they all have an opportunity to flourish. Each kid we teach has their own distinct set of skills and talents. Children from the ages of three to eleven who have a wide range of complex special educational needs and impairments can get highly specialised instruction at Highbury. Assessment of needs is used to determine admission, which is coordinated with the local authority SEN team. Our website has been created to convey significant school information as well as to highlight the accomplishments of the students. Please take the time to email us or leave a comment on one of the blogs because we value your input.
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| Phase of Education | Primary | Primary | Primary |
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| Type | Special Schools | Special Schools | Special Schools |
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| Ofset report | Outstanding | Good | Good |
| Age range | 4-11 | 5-11 | 4-11 |
| Gender | Co-Ed | Co-Ed | Co-Ed |
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| Student teacher ratio | 10.8 | - | 7.1 |
| Proficient Math | - | - | - |
| Proficient Read | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above GCSE | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above A Level | - | - | - |
| Day Fees | - | - | - |
Primary Exam Result
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | - | 101 | 97 |
| Reading | - | 102 | 98 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 0% | 58.91% | 55.96% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 0% | 5.96% | 7.42% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | -6.1 | Well Below Average |
| Writing | -4.9 | Well Below Average |
| Maths | -6.6 | Well Below Average |
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | - | 98 | 96 |
| Reading | - | 98 | 95 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | - | 61.72% | 60.44% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | - | 8.51% | 9.72% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | - | - |
| Writing | - | - |
| Maths | - | - |
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | - | 96 | 94 |
| Reading | - | 97 | 95 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 0% | 59.37% | 59.51% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 0% | 6.83% | 9.16% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | -3.6 | Well Below Average |
| Writing | -3.2 | Below Average |
| Maths | -3.2 | Below Average |
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | - | 98 | 93 |
| Reading | - | 99 | 93 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 0% | 59.23% | 56.29% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 0% | 6.43% | 8.19% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | -3.6 | Well Below Average |
| Writing | -3.8 | Below Average |
| Maths | -4.2 | Below Average |
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
Students Teachers
10 : 1
Student teacher ratio at Highbury School
Local authority ratio 20 : 1