Meltham Moor Primary School

Meltham Moor Primary School has received its first inspection, being evaluated as good in all aspects of its provision. The school is characterized by a strong sense of community, with pupils expressing enjoyment in attending and feeling safe within the nurturing environment fostered by the staff. Leaders have high expectations for student achievement and prioritize personal development alongside academic success, ensuring that pupils from diverse backgrounds receive a comprehensive education. Key strengths include the effective support for pupils with special educational needs and a robust phonics curriculum, although areas of improvement remain in lesson engagement and linking new knowledge to prior learning.

Strengths

• Strong community atmosphere where pupils feel safe and supported.
• High ambitions set by leaders for student achievement.
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND.
• Comprehensive and well-delivered phonics curriculum.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent linkage of new learning to prior knowledge.
• Insufficient checks on pupil understanding in some lessons.
• Additional phonics support not consistently aligned with the school’s approach.

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 Meltham Moor Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 4.6% of pupils at Meltham Moor 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 Meltham Moor Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Meltham Moor Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Meltham Moor Primary School received £7,829 and spent £7,919 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £209,000 (£1,082 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Together Learning Trust, income was £8,535 and spending £8,358 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 Holmfirth · Kirklees local authority: places and applications

Meltham Moor Primary School is part of Together Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Linthwaite Clough Primary School Huddersfield
• Netherton Infant and Nursery School Huddersfield
• Honley High School Holmfirth
• Castle Hill School Huddersfield
• The Brooksbank School Elland
• Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge
• Bolton Brow Primary Academy Sowerby Bridge
• Scout Road Academy Hebden Bridge

What is Meltham Moor Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meltham Moor Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Meltham Moor Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Meltham Moor Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Meltham Moor Primary School have?

Meltham Moor Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meltham Moor Primary School cover?

Meltham Moor Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Meltham Moor Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Meltham Moor Primary School?

Meltham Moor Primary School is at Birmingham Lane, Meltham, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 5LH.