Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in CalderdaleSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry711 applications · 320 places offered · 349 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2024 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2023 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2022 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.3
- 2021 2.5; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2020 2.5; Calderdale median median 2.3
- 2019 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2018 2.1; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2017 2.5; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2016 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2015 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2014 1.9; Calderdale median median 2.7
- This school
- Calderdale median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 320 | 711 | 2.2 | 349 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 320 | 700 | 2.2 | 331 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 323 | 762 | 2.4 | 399 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 320 | 780 | 2.4 | 392 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 322 | 708 | 2.2 | 377 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 323 | 792 | 2.5 | 406 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2020 | 324 | 819 | 2.5 | 407 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 | 322 | 716 | 2.2 | 364 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 325 | 690 | 2.1 | 375 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 296 | 742 | 2.5 | 376 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 294 | 694 | 2.4 | 356 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 | 292 | 706 | 2.4 | 414 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2014 | 295 | 572 | 1.9 | 312 | 1.06 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 317 | 49.4 | 52% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 302 | 44.5 | 41% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 318 | 43.5 | 38% | 61% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 294 | 47.9 | 37% | 67% | +0.30 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Trinity Academy HalifaxThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.2applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · CalderdaleGood20233.7applications per place 69.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.4 km · BradfordGood20242.6applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · CalderdaleGood20231.3applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · CalderdaleGood20233.7applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.9 km · CalderdaleGood20232.0applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · BradfordSpecial measures 20262.1applications per place 34.0Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · CalderdaleSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 32.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136094 · 381/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils · 1,624 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- Holy Trinity CofE Senior School (URN 107577)
- Address
- Shay Lane, Halifax, HX2 9TZ
- Local authority
- Calderdale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources