Mount Pellon Primary Academy

Mount Pellon Primary Academy continues to perform well, maintaining its 'good' status as it demonstrates an inclusive and welcoming environment for all pupils. The school is committed to a broad curriculum that promotes respect, resilience, responsibility, and reflection, reflecting high expectations for pupil behavior and academic achievement. The school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are included and achieve well alongside their peers. Parents express positivity about their children's progress, indicating a strong community rapport. However, the inspection highlighted areas for improvement, particularly concerning the assessment and retention of knowledge in some wider curriculum subjects. There are inconsistencies in how well pupils are supported in embedding the skills and knowledge they learn over time. Despite these concerns, the leadership team shows a robust understanding of the school's challenges and drives continuous improvement, positioning the school for future success.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive environment for all pupils
• High expectations for pupil behavior and conduct
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with strong academic focus
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong progress in reading for all pupils
• Well-prioritized development of children's language and vocabulary in early years
• Positive attitudes towards learning and low disruption in lessons
• Robust leadership understanding of the school's challenges

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment systems in some wider curriculum subjects
• Some learning tasks do not effectively support curriculum objectives
• Gaps in pupils' knowledge not consistently identified and addressed

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 Mount Pellon Primary Academy attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.5% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Mount Pellon Primary 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 Mount Pellon Primary Academy had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 18.5% of pupils at Mount Pellon Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Mount Pellon Primary Academy received £7,208 and spent £7,291 for each of its 292 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £312,000 (£1,072 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of Northern Education Trust, income was £8,462 and spending £8,166 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

Mount Pellon Primary Academy is part of Northern Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Abbey Park Academy Halifax
• Merlin Top Primary Academy Keighley
• Chesham Primary Academy Bury
• Hazlehurst Primary Academy Bury
• Denton Community Academy Manchester
• Buile Hill Academy Salford
• Kirk Balk Academy Barnsley
• Kearsley Academy Bolton
• The Ferns Primary Academy Bolton
• Essa Primary Academy Bolton

What is Mount Pellon Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mount Pellon Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Mount Pellon Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Mount Pellon Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Mount Pellon Primary Academy have?

Mount Pellon Primary Academy has 303 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mount Pellon Primary Academy cover?

Mount Pellon Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mount Pellon Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Mount Pellon Primary Academy?

Mount Pellon Primary Academy is at Battinson Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 4RG.