Mount Pellon Primary Academy, Halifax

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Mount Pellon Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Calderdale and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 58% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Mount Pellon Primary Academy as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 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 Mount Pellon Primary Academy are St Augustine's CofE School (0.3 miles, 48% reading, 36% maths); Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 64% reading, 60% maths); Lee Mount Academy (0.5 miles, 64% reading, 67% maths); and Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 77% maths).

Mount Pellon Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Mount Pellon Primary Academy is one of 30 schools run by Northern Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

49 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Mount Pellon Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

49.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 61.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), other ethnic groups (9%) and White British (6%).

In 2026, 56 pupils (18.5%) received SEN support and 7 (2.3%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Halifax Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Spring Hall Ln Lower Clay Pits (adjacent), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mount Pellon Primary 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 585 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, Mount Pellon Primary Academy issued 8 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mount Pellon Primary Academy are The Halifax Academy (0.4 miles), The Crossley Heath School (1.1 miles), Trinity Academy Grammar (1.3 miles) and Trinity Academy Halifax (1.8 miles).