Ripponden Junior and Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 4AH · Calderdale
Ages 4–11
- KS259%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM10.5%
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 139040
St John's Primary School In Rishworth
Academy converter · Sowerby Bridge · HX6 4QR
Ages 4–11 · 152 pupils · Calderdale
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
86%
Overall absence
3.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-07-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)86%
Higher standard (RWM)24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)3.0%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 2.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 133
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill103%
152 pupils · 148 places
- Pupils on roll
- 152
- Boys / girls
- 77 / 75
- School capacity
- 148
- Capacity fill
- 152 / 148 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ST JOHN'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, RISHWORTH
- Academy trust
- ST JOHN'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, RISHWORTH
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Joanna Wasyliw
Location
- Address
- Godly Lane, Rishworth
- Postcode
- HX6 4QR
- Town
- Sowerby Bridge
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- District
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, 152 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 3.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Barkisland CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Halifax · HX4 0BD · Calderdale
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM4.1%
1.8 miles away
St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 3EJ · Calderdale
Ages 4–11
- KS256%
- Absence3.3%
- FSM4.9%
2.0 miles away
Triangle CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 3NJ · Calderdale
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM15.0%
2.7 miles away
Bowling Green Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Halifax · HX4 9HU · Calderdale
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM20.1%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Joanna Wasyliw
- Telephone
- 01422822596