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The Halifax Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Academy
Gibbet Street, Halifax HX2 0BA · thehalifaxacademy.org · 01422 301080
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Calderdale 48.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,461
- 141 over 1,320 places · 111%
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 41%
- First language not English
- 71.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 157 families put the school first and 185 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 185 | 157 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 195 | 223 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 210 | 191 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 203 | 208 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 202 | 199 | 1 | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 32.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Calderdale it was 48.7, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Calderdale it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▼101 | 105 | |
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.54 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 39.2 | −6.3 |
| Sixth form college | 6 | −2.1 |
| Further education | 41.2 | +8.2 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.5 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | −1.6 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
The Halifax Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107566), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107566)
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 16
- 1% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied