The Greetland Academy

The Greetland Academy is a highly effective primary school where pupils achieve consistently well across the curriculum. Outcomes in national tests and assessments have been significantly above national averages for all pupils and for disadvantaged pupils over time. Pupils are very well prepared for their next steps in education. The school has established highly effective systems for securing basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics, and pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, receive strong support to overcome barriers to learning. Attendance is very high, behaviour is impeccable, and pupils feel a strong sense of belonging and enjoyment in school.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve consistently well across the curriculum, with outcomes significantly above national averages for all pupils and disadvantaged pupils over time.
• Leaders have established highly effective systems to ensure pupils secure basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Pupils who face barriers to learning, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, are supported effectively to learn well.
• Pupils attend very well and leaders have implemented very effective systems to address barriers to attendance.
• Pupils' behaviour is impeccable; they are polite, respectful, and classrooms are calm and happy environments.
• Leaders have established a high-quality, well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum across all subjects.
• Teachers have expert knowledge and deliver the curriculum highly effectively, addressing misconceptions quickly.
• The early years learning environment is happy, welcoming, and structured, with a well-planned curriculum that gets children off to a flying start in reading.
• Leaders have successfully embedded a culture of inclusion across the school, with effective support for vulnerable pupils.
• Leaders, trustees, and governors have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and a culture of continuous improvement.
• The school provides an extensive and well-structured personal development and wellbeing programme.
• There is a comprehensive range of pastoral support and an extensive enrichment programme that most pupils take advantage of.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• No notable weaknesses identified; leaders should continue to refine and develop the school's highly effective provision so that it has a transformational impact on all pupils' educational experience.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Greetland Academy attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.3% of pupils at The Greetland Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Greetland Academy had 13.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.1% of pupils at The Greetland Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Greetland Academy received £10,084 and spent £7,149 for each of its 396 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £399,000 (£1,008 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Great Heights Academy Trust, income was £8,616 and spending £8,424 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Halifax · Calderdale local authority: places and applications

The Greetland Academy is part of Great Heights Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• West Vale Academy Halifax
• Bowling Green Academy Halifax
• Colne Valley High School Huddersfield
• Nields Academy Huddersfield
• Marsden Junior School Huddersfield
• The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield
• Carlinghow Academy Batley
• Raynville Academy Leeds

What is The Greetland Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Greetland Academy is Strong standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was The Greetland Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Greetland Academy was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does The Greetland Academy have?

The Greetland Academy has 385 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Greetland Academy cover?

The Greetland Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Greetland Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Greetland Academy?

The Greetland Academy is at School Street, Greetland, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX4 8JB.