Lee Mount Academy

Lee Mount Academy has shown remarkable improvement in its overall performance, demonstrating a strong commitment to fostering a positive learning environment. The school has effectively focused on enhancing pupils' achievements, particularly in early years and Year 6, where results in reading, writing, and mathematics have improved significantly, aligning closely with national averages. Disadvantaged pupils are notably performing well, often exceeding their peers nationally. Furthermore, the safeguarding measures in place are highly effective, ensuring that all children feel safe and supported within the school community.

Strengths

• Significantly improved pupil achievement, especially in writing.
• Strong focus on early years education, particularly in language and phonics.
• Effective attendance strategies leading to improved attendance rates.
• Positive and calm learning environment with effective behavior management.
• Strong support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Some variability in consistency across a small number of subjects.
• Need for enhanced adaptive teaching methods to fully support learning.

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 Lee Mount Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.7% 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, 4.3% of pupils at Lee Mount 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 Lee Mount Academy had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Lee Mount Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Lee Mount Academy received £8,431 and spent £8,182 for each of its 267 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £110,000 (£412 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,135 and spending £8,022 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

Lee Mount Academy is part of Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• The Halifax Academy Halifax
• Warley Road Primary Academy Halifax
• Clayton Village Academy Bradford
• Hollingwood Academy Bradford
• Lidget Green Academy Bradford
• Farnham Academy Bradford
• Crossley Hall Academy Bradford
• Manor Road Academy Huddersfield
• Old Bank Academy Mirfield
• Grove House Academy Bradford

What is Lee Mount Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lee Mount Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Lee Mount Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lee Mount Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Lee Mount Academy have?

Lee Mount Academy has 274 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lee Mount Academy cover?

Lee Mount Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lee Mount Academy?

Lee Mount Academy is at Lee Mount Road, Lee Mount, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 5EB.