Old Earth Primary School

Old Earth Primary School continues to excel, maintaining its outstanding status since its last inspection in 2016. The school provides an ambitious curriculum that engages students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), allowing them all to thrive. Educational leaders emphasize the importance of student engagement through local community studies and actively promoting a positive learning environment. Students exhibit exemplary behavior, kindness, and a strong culture of respect, contributing to an overall supportive atmosphere for learning.

Strengths

• Pupils access an outstanding and ambitious curriculum.
• High expectations are set by leaders and staff.
• Teachers possess excellent subject knowledge and model concepts effectively.
• Pupils demonstrate deep understanding and confidence in their learning.
• SEND pupils are successfully integrated and achieve alongside their peers.
• Pupils are enthusiastic learners who embody the school's positive behavior motto.
• Leaders provide numerous opportunities for pupil leadership and extra-curricular activities.
• Comprehensive safeguarding measures are in place and effectively executed.

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 Old Earth Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Old Earth Primary School 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 Old Earth Primary School had 28.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.6% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Old Earth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Old Earth Primary School received £7,700 and spent £7,371 for each of its 423 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £444,000 (£1,050 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Polaris Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,304 and spending £6,520 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 Elland · Calderdale local authority: places and applications

Old Earth Primary School is part of Polaris Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Field Lane Primary School Brighouse
• Rastrick High School Brighouse
• Siddal Primary School Halifax
• Fixby Junior and Infant School Huddersfield
• Salterlee Primary School Halifax
• Luddendenfoot Academy Halifax

What is Old Earth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Old Earth Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Old Earth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Old Earth Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Old Earth Primary School have?

Old Earth Primary School has 461 pupils on roll.

What age range does Old Earth Primary School cover?

Old Earth Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Old Earth Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Old Earth Primary School?

Old Earth Primary School is at Lower Edge Road, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 9PL.