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Dean Field Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Cousin Lane, Ovenden, Halifax HX2 8DQ · deanfieldschool.co.uk · 01422 258258
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- 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
- 220
- 84% of 262 places
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 54.1%
- First language not English
- 9.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 36 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107481)
Ofsted
Dean Field Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 February 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107481), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107481)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 6% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on 1 parent (8%) whose child was bullied
based on 3 parents (23%) with SEND