Barkisland CofE VA Primary School

Voluntary aided schoolPrimaryAges 4–11MixedChurch of England

Scammonden Road, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BD

Headteacher · Mrs Becky Schofield

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils197Capacity 210

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 14 May 2025

Free school meals4.1%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025.

Last graded inspection, 19 November 2019:

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Calderdale council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 22 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered23

Applications59

First choice22

First-choice offers22

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).