Schools in Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge has 14 schools within Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council's admissions area, covering the Calder Valley town and surrounding villages including Ripponden, Barkisland and Norland. The two secondary schools are Ryburn Valley High School and Trinity Academy Grammar, the latter a selective grammar school which admits on the basis of the 11-plus style assessment.
All 7 schools with current Ofsted ratings are Good or Outstanding. Seven of the 14 schools are faith-designated - one of the higher proportions in Calderdale - reflecting the area's historically strong Nonconformist and Church of England traditions. Average fill rate is 78% and only one school is oversubscribed, so place pressure is relatively moderate compared with urban Calderdale. Families interested in Trinity Academy Grammar should register for the entrance assessment separately.
School demand in Sowerby Bridge
Across the 14 schools in Sowerby Bridge with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 78%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Sowerby Bridge have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Sowerby Bridge are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Calderdale, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Sowerby Bridge have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Sowerby Bridge (11)
Ripponden Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 4AH
New Road Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 1DY
Tuel Lane Infant School
Primary · Community school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 2ND
Norland CE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 3RN
St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 3EJ
Triangle CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 3NJ
Christ Church CofE VA Junior School, Sowerby Bridge
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 2BJ
Bolton Brow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 2BA
St John's Primary School In Rishworth
Primary · Academy converter
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 4QR
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 1BL
Trinity Academy St Peter's
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sowerby Bridge · HX6 1HB
Secondary Schools in Sowerby Bridge (2)
Other Schools in Sowerby Bridge (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sowerby Bridge are set by Calderdale and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.