Secondary
Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 788 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Trust
- ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 72.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.6
- Pupils
- 916
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 September 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2018
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
GCSE results
25%
33 points below the Halifax average (58% across 5 schools)
38.5
14.9 below the Halifax average (53.4 across 5 schools)
4th 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 | 38.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 |
| Entered the EBacc | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
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 | 35% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.37 |
| 22/23 | -0.43 |
| 23/24 | -0.37 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.7 |
| 22/23 | 41.0 |
| 23/24 | 38.7 |
| 24/25 | 38.5 |
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL
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
- Joanne Hackett
- Address
- Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL
- Telephone
- 01422201028