St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

CalderdaleLocal Authority

HalifaxConstituency

HX2 8JYPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 172 pupils. St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is part of BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 14%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 98
Maths score: 98

Ethnicity

White

90%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

172

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 172
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Sept 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
15 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement
14 Oct 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.