Calderdale schools and admissions data

Calderdale Borough Council has 97 primary schools and 28 secondary schools. 11% of Calderdale's schools are private schools. 40 state schools in Calderdale follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 61 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Calderdale

  1. Outstanding 16
  2. Good 65
  3. Requires Improvement 11
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Calderdale in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Moorside Community Primary School

    Community school • Ovenden, Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    All Saints' CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    St John's Primary School In Rishworth

    Academy converter • Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Elland

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Old Earth Primary School

    Academy converter • Elland

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Parkinson Lane Community Primary School

    Community school • Halifax

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Bolton Brow Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Sowerby Bridge

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Wainstalls School

    Academy converter • Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Luddendenfoot Academy

    Academy converter • Luddendenfoot, Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Carr Green Primary School

    Community school • Rastrick, Brighouse

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton

    Academy converter • Clifton, Brighouse

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Northowram Primary School

    Community school • Northowram, Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Dean Field Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Ovenden, Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School

    Community school • Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Woodhouse Primary School

    Community school • Brighouse

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Walsden, Todmorden

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school • Pellon, Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Whitehill Community Academy

    Academy converter • Illingworth, Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Salterlee Primary School

    Academy converter • Shibden, Halifax

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Ferney Lee Primary School

    Community school • Todmorden

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  1. 1

    The North Halifax Grammar School

    Academy converter • Illingworth, Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    The Crossley Heath School

    Academy converter • Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Trinity Academy Halifax

    Academy sponsor led • Halifax

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Ryburn Valley High School

    Academy converter • Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Brighouse High School

    Academy converter • Brighouse

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Rastrick High School

    Academy converter • Rastrick, Brighouse

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Todmorden High School

    Community school • Todmorden

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Lightcliffe Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Lightcliffe, Halifax

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Trinity Academy Grammar

    Academy sponsor led • Sowerby Bridge

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    Park Lane Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Exley, Halifax

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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