Lee Mount Academy, Halifax

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Lee Mount Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement has improved significantly over the past few years."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have prioritised improving pupils' attendance and this has had a positive impact."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure grasp of curriculum strengths and areas for development."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the challenges and barriers to learning that pupils face."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have stabilised the school after a period of turbulence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development programme tailored to the community."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all foundation subjects are fully developed and taught consistently so that pupils build secure knowledge across the curriculum over time"; "Leaders should embed consistent adaptive teaching across all subjects so that pupils receive well‑matched support that allows them to fully access learning"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen the expertise of subject leaders so they can sustain recent improvements and lead further development of the curriculum effectively".

In its own words: "Welcome to Lee Mount Academy. I am delighted to be able to take up the role of Headteacher. Our academy is a vibrant, diverse and welcoming community, which we want to be an outstanding place to learn but also work - where hearts and minds connect."

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Lee Mount Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Calderdale and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 49% in reading and 45% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Lee Mount Academy as their first choice and 28 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lee Mount Academy are St Augustine's CofE School (0.4 miles, 48% reading, 36% maths); Trinity Academy Akroydon (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 70% maths); Mount Pellon Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 79% maths); and Beech Hill School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 81% maths).

Lee Mount Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lee Mount Academy is one of 18 schools run by Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

15 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lee Mount Academy (as of April 2026): 67% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 0% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (67%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (0%).

51.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Halifax Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wheatley Close (at), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lee Mount Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 610 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Calderdale (102), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lee Mount Academy issued 38 suspensions, 13.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lee Mount Academy are The Halifax Academy (0.9 miles), Trinity Academy Halifax (1.4 miles) and The North Halifax Grammar School (1.6 miles).