Wakefield Road, Copley, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 0TP
10 reasons to choose Copley Primary School
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Copley Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Halifax and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Copley Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are sometimes oversubscribed, on first preference.
Average class size
Copley Primary School usually has one class per year, some mixed age, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Copley Primary School achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles.
The Copley Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at Copley Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Copley Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Copley Primary School
The Gleddings Preparatory School (1 mile); Hipperholme Grammar Junior School (4.5 miles); The Mount School, Huddersfield (4.6 miles).
All Saints’ CofE Primary School (0.6 miles); Parkinson Lane Community Primary School (2.1 miles); The Greetland Academy (2.1 miles).
Hipperholme Grammar School (4.3 miles); Huddersfield Grammar School (5.2 miles).
The Crossley Heath School (1.6 miles); Trinity Academy, Halifax (4.4 miles); The North Halifax Grammar School (4.7 miles).