The Halifax Academy
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–16 · Halifax, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Halifax Academy is an all-through school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Halifax Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 1 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 14 June 2023, was Good.
- The school had 1,461 pupils on roll in January 2026, and 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Calderdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gibbet Street, Halifax, HX2 0BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 1,461 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders are determined that pupils will receive an education that provides them with the qualifications and confidence to make a positive difference in their community and beyond.”
- “Pupils benefit greatly from curriculums and programmes put in place to meet these goals.”
- “The school’s ‘character curriculum’ supports pupils expertly to ‘develop a voice to positively change their world’.”
To improve
- “The standards that pupils have achieved in national examinations have not returned to the impressive levels prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- “Despite this decision, and the steps taken by leaders to try and address the gaps in pupils’ knowledge that remained, some pupils did not achieve as highly as was hoped for in their end-of-year external examinations.”
- “There is still work to do to ensure that current pupils catch up on lost learning from the pandemic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 August 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 157 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 157 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Calderdale.
- Broadwood School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Beacon Lights Schools 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Compass Community School Willow Park 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Gleddings School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stafford Hall School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ravenscliffe High School 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding
- Wood Bank School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Whitley AP Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good