Secondary · HX3 · Calderdale

Lightcliffe Academy

Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance93.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.37
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils788

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Dec 2024): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in HX3. Where we have them, council (Calderdale) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
788
Free school meals
35.4%
11.7% above district average (23.7%)

Also: Calderdale 26.8% · England 25.8%

SEN
19.9%
3.4% below district average (23.3%)

Also: Calderdale 15.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
5%
4% below district average (9%)
Attendance
93.7%
1.5% below district average (95.2%)

Also: Calderdale 92.5% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
17.3%
Progress 8
-0.37 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
38.5
Grade 5+ English & maths
25.1%
Grade 4+ English & maths
48%
Entered for EBacc
20.6%
EBacc average point score
3.16

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the HX3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195%
  • 2021/2289.7%
  • 2022/2389.3%
  • 2023/2487.9%
  • 2024/2591.1%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1392
Pupils on roll
788

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Calderdale page.

SEN support

SEN %
19.9%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates