Best Secondary Schools in Halifax
We checked all 8 secondary schools in Halifax, Calderdale, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 2 without a rank.
- Schools checked
- 8
- Ranked
- 6
- Without a rank
- 2
Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Halifax. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.
Halifax also has 42 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Calderdale.
Ranked secondary schools in Halifax
Rank 1
The Crossley Heath School
Ofsted: Good- Attainment 8
- 74.5
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 98.9%
Rank 2
The North Halifax Grammar School
Ofsted: Good- Attainment 8
- 68.5
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 91.1%
Rank 3
Trinity Academy Halifax
Ofsted: Outstanding- Attainment 8
- 44.5
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 41.4%
Rank 4
The Halifax Academy
Ofsted: Good- Attainment 8
- 44.1
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 32.2%
Rank 5
Lightcliffe Academy
Ofsted judgements: Good- Attainment 8
- 38.5
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 25.1%
Rank 6
Park Lane Academy
Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good- Attainment 8
- 40.9
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 35.2%
Secondary schools in Halifax without a rank
Beacon Lights Schools
Ofsted: Good- Attainment 8
- 16.0
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 9.1%
Hipperholme Grammar School
No Ofsted inspection- Attainment 8
- 52.0
- Grade 5+ English and maths
- 55.6%