Wood Bank School

State-Funded School

wood-bank-school-calderdale-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

CalderdaleLocal Authority

Calder ValleyConstituency

HX2 6PBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Wood Bank School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 142 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

20%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

142

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 142
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 18 April 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 Mar 2014	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.