Academy sponsor led · Primary
Halifax · HX2 6PB · Calderdale
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 107590
Wood Bank School
Community special school · Halifax · HX2 6PB
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
142
Local authority
Calderdale
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 4–11, in Halifax, Calderdale, 142 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 54.9%. SEN provision includes: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 107590
Location
- Address
- Dene View, Luddenden
- Postcode
- HX2 6PB
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- District
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 142
- Boys / girls
- 111 / 31
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 142 / 70 (203%)
- Free school meals
- 54.9%
- FSM pupils
- 78
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 142 on roll / 70 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenna Port
- Telephone
- 01422884170
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-27
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%