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Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Greenfield Terrace, Cornholme, Todmorden OL14 8PL · cornholmeschool.co.uk · 01706 812787
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 12%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Calderdale 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 105
- 44% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 12% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Calderdale it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼12% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼96 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼96 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School on 27 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- —
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Previously: report card, Jan 2026
Earlier inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
Jan 2026Report card
Inclusion Needs attention Curriculum and teaching Urgent improvement Achievement Urgent improvement Attendance and behaviour Needs attention Personal development and well-being Needs attention Early years Expected standard Leadership and governance Urgent improvement Safeguarding Met
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Positive
- 75%
- Replies
- 13
- 10% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (38%) whose child was bullied
based on 6 parents (46%) with SEND