The Halifax Academy
All-through schoolThe Halifax Academy is a all-through school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 1,461 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 58% of pupils at The Halifax Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Halifax Academy was 39.6, against 49.0 in Calderdale and 46.2 in England.
30.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | 49.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30.1% | 51.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51.5% | 69% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 206 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Mount Pellon Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Warley Road Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- St Augustine's CofE SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Broadwood SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Calderdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).