Burnley Road Academy, Hebden Bridge

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Burnley Road Academy on 7 areas: 3 expected standard and 4 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders quickly and accurately identify any pupils with additional needs."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school has developed an appropriate and coherent personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Historically pupils have not achieved well in end of key stage 2 national tests, particularly pupils who are disadvantaged."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged, is below national averages."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum is well planned and sequenced."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school and the trust have experienced significant turbulence in the past few years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, consistently receive the provision they need to achieve well, and that this achievement is reflected in end of key stage 2 examinations"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum is consistently taught well, that teachers consistently select good activities to deliver the curriculum and regularly check and address misconceptions"; "Leaders should continue to analyse attendance information closely to identify patterns and trends. They should use this information to intervene early and to remove barriers to attendance, particularly for pupils who are disadvantaged"; "Leaders at all levels should ensure that they have a robust oversight of systems and processes within the school, including those which involve keeping accurate safeguarding records".

In its own words: "Burnley Road Academy has been part of the Mytholmroyd community since 1879, welcoming generations of children and their families. We joined the Pennine Alliance Learning Trust in January 2025 and continue to be known for our strong family feel, something that pupils, parents and staff value."

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The school runs a breakfast club from 7:20am and after-school care.

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Burnley Road Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 42% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Calderdale and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 66% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 6 families put Burnley Road Academy as their first choice and 12 named it as one of their preferences, for 6 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Burnley Road Academy are Scout Road Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 83% maths); Stubbings Infant School (1.2 miles, Good); Old Town Primary School (1.3 miles); and Riverside Junior School (1.3 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Burnley Road Academy.

Burnley Road Academy is one of 5 schools run by Pennine Alliance Learning Trust, an academy trust.

37.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 38 pupils (29.5%) received SEN support and 7 (5.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Burnley Road Academy had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Mytholmroyd Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burnley Rd Academy, 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 19 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Calderdale (102).

In 2024/25, Burnley Road Academy issued 6 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.