Bowling Green Academy

Bowling Green Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating with notable outstanding features in behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school has a strong commitment to fostering a positive learning environment where pupils are engaged, respectful, and supportive of one another. The curriculum places a significant emphasis on reading and language, which is effectively taught from the early years, leading to high levels of achievement and pupil enthusiasm for learning. Parents and carers express appreciation for the school's high expectations and community involvement.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a mature and respectful attitude towards learning and each other.
• Exceptional standards in behaviour and attitudes among students.
• Strong emphasis on reading and language across the curriculum.
• Curriculum is ambitious and well-structured with a focus on deep understanding.
• High-quality teaching in phonics leads to nearly all pupils meeting their early reading targets.
• Effective support and interventions for pupils with SEND.
• Exceptional leadership at all levels with a clear vision and effective evaluation processes.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects, specifically art and design and music, require further development.
• In certain subjects, the tasks given to pupils do not consistently meet curriculum goals.

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 Bowling Green Academy attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green Academy had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 8.5% of pupils at Bowling Green Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 Bowling Green Academy received £7,237 and spent £7,921 for each of its 160 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £87,000 (-£545 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

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

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

What is Bowling Green Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bowling Green Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Bowling Green Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bowling Green Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Bowling Green Academy have?

Bowling Green Academy has 164 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bowling Green Academy cover?

Bowling Green Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bowling Green Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bowling Green Academy?

Bowling Green Academy is at Stainland Road, Stainland, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX4 9HU.