Field Lane Primary School

Field Lane Primary has shown notable improvements since its previous inspection, achieving a 'Good' rating across all categories. The school fosters a strong family ethos, promoting inclusivity and respect among pupils. Recent efforts to enhance the quality of education have been successful, with a careful approach to curriculum design and tailored support for students, including those with special educational needs. Attendance is above the national average, and pupils demonstrate positive attitudes toward learning and school life.

Strengths

• Strong family ethos that promotes pride and inclusivity among pupils.
• High expectations for student success, starting from early years.
• Effective phonics programme that supports reading development.
• Broad and rich curriculum carefully sequenced to support learning.
• Good behaviour and respectful interactions observed between pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum in some subjects, leading to gaps in knowledge recall.

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 Field Lane Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.6% 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, 6.2% of pupils at Field Lane 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 Field Lane Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.0% 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, 30.6% of pupils at Field Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% 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 Field Lane Primary School received £10,825 and spent £10,337 for each of its 79 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £249,000 (-£3,166 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 Brighouse · Calderdale local authority: places and applications

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

• Rastrick High School Brighouse
• Old Earth Primary School Elland
• Fixby Junior and Infant School Huddersfield
• Siddal Primary School Halifax
• Salterlee Primary School Halifax
• Luddendenfoot Academy Halifax

What is Field Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Field Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Field Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Field Lane Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Field Lane Primary School have?

Field Lane Primary School has 72 pupils on roll.

What age range does Field Lane Primary School cover?

Field Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Field Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 18% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Field Lane Primary School?

Field Lane Primary School is at Burnsall Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3JT.