Secondary
The North Halifax Grammar School
Moorbottom Road, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9SU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1207 of 1250 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE NORTH HALIFAX GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.8
- Pupils per adult
- 14.1
- Pupils
- 1,238
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
91%
33 points above the Halifax average (58% across 5 schools)
68.5
15.1 above the Halifax average (53.4 across 5 schools)
2nd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Halifax we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 68.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.1 |
| Entered the EBacc | 55% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 91% |
| A level average points per entry | 40.33 |
| A level students | 155 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 98% |
| 22/23 | 93% |
| 23/24 | 93% |
| 24/25 | 91% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.8 |
| 22/23 | 35.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.6 |
| 24/25 | 40.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.08 |
| 22/23 | +0.13 |
| 23/24 | +0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 69.9 |
| 22/23 | 67.9 |
| 23/24 | 68.4 |
| 24/25 | 68.5 |
Moorbottom Road, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9SU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Calderdale admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Alexander Kent
- Address
- Moorbottom Road, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9SU
- Telephone
- 01422244625