Beacon Lights Schools
Lister Lane, Halifax, HX1 5JLOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Beacon Lights Schools is an all-through school in Halifax for ages 4 to 16. It is one of the 112 schools in Calderdale. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 8 July 2025, report published 21 September 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 8 July 2025
Beacon Lights Schools is a place at the heart of its community. Pupils who attend this highly effective school experience a well-rounded education, built around Islamic principles. The proprietor ensures that the school has high expectations for pupils. They have an unwavering ambition to support pupils to achieve well and be successful in their lives. This ambition is realised in the strong outcomes that pupils achieve. Pupils are happy at this school. They are pleased to attend the school and feel settled when they are here. Pupils are kind and considerate. They are supportive of one another. All pupils conduct themselves positively and have an enthusiastic attitude to learning. This ensures that the school is calm, productive and orderly. Pupils have trusted adults that they can rely on for support if they have any worries or concerns. As a result, pupils feel safe and well supported in school. Personal development is a notable strength of the school's work. Through the school's highly effective wider development offer, pupils are extremely well prepared for life in modern Britain and for their next steps in education, employment or training. Pupils learn to be confident and respectful learners with a deep insight into the world around them.
What the school should improve
- There is variability in the delivery of the curriculum in some subject areas. Sometimes, staff do not check pupils' understanding as well as they should and do not identify gaps in knowledge or address misconceptions fully. This means that some pupils do not consistently have opportunities to build knowledge as well as they could. The school should ensure all lessons are delivered to a consistently high quality across all curriculum areas.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
22 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
209 pupils on roll, with places for 330
Schools near Beacon Lights Schools
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Sixth Form Academy | 0.7 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| The Crossley Heath School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 74.5 |
| The Halifax Academy | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 44.1 |
| Trinity Academy Grammar | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 46.3 |
| Park Lane Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good | Attainment 8: 40.9 |
School details
- School type
- Other independent school
- Sector
- Independent
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Yawar Mubarak
- Phone
- 01422250560
- Address
- Lister Lane, Halifax, HX1 5JL
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- URN
- 147733
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.