How far do you need to live from a school in Calderdale to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 12 Calderdale schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 1.26 miles away; the tightest was Bolton Brow Primary Academy at 0.35 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Calderdale schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Calderdale schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Calderdale publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 12 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

12schools with a published figure

1.26 mithe middle school's distance

5filled within a mile

The tightest is Bolton Brow Primary Academy at 0.35 miles in 2026/27; the most far-reaching, Bradshaw Primary School, admitted from 3.03 miles.

Primary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Bolton Brow Primary Academy Sowerby Bridge	No current grade	0.35 mi	2026/27	87%
Warley Road Primary Academy Halifax	No current grade	0.42 mi	2026/27	90%
Parkinson Lane Community Primary School Halifax	Outstanding	0.52 mi	2026/27	89%
Moorside Community Primary School Halifax	Good	0.61 mi	2026/27	98%
All Saints' CofE Primary School Halifax	Outstanding	0.8 mi	2026/27	99%
Northowram Primary School Halifax	No current grade	1.02 mi	2026/27	107%
Old Earth Primary School Elland	No current grade	1.26 mi	2026/27	98%
Salterhebble Junior and Infant School Halifax	No current grade	1.26 mi	2026/27	97%
Bowling Green Academy Halifax	Good	1.33 mi	2026/27	102%
Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School Brighouse	No current grade	1.46 mi	2026/27	87%
Copley Primary School Halifax	Good	1.89 mi	2026/27	98%
Bradshaw Primary School Halifax	No current grade	3.03 mi	2026/27	93%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Calderdale measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Calderdale. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.