The North Halifax Grammar School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Halifax · HX2 9SU · Calderdale
Ages 11–18
- Att868.4
- P80.2
- EM5+93%
- Absence6.1%
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136094
Trinity Academy Halifax
Academy sponsor led · Halifax · HX2 9TZ
Ages 11–16 · 1,624 pupils · Calderdale
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
43.5
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
1.24 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-09-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 80.00
−20+2
Attainment 843.5
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+61%
EBacc entry76%
EBacc APS: 4.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.5%
Unauthorised3.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,673
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.24 · Competitive
1st preferences
399
Places offered
323
1st-preference offers
303
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 762
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 323
- Applications from outside LA
- 159
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 13
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
1,624 pupils · 1,650 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,624
- Boys / girls
- 827 / 797
- School capacity
- 1,650
- Capacity fill
- 1,624 / 1,650 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 37.3%
- FSM pupils
- 606
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Trinity Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Case
Location
- Address
- Shay Lane
- Postcode
- HX2 9TZ
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- District
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Halifax, Calderdale, 1,624 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 37.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Trinity Academy Bradford
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Bradford · BD13 2AS · Bradford
Ages 11–16
- Att843.7
- P8-0.0
- EM5+41%
- Absence7.8%
1.5 miles away
The Crossley Heath School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Halifax · HX3 0HG · Calderdale
Ages 11–18
- Att872.6
- P80.5
- EM5+93%
- Absence6.2%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Case
- Telephone
- 01422244890