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5.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
180 pupils at the end of Year 11.
169 A-level students; average grade B, best three A levels averaging B. Progress: above average (value added +0.14).
For Year 7 in September 2026, 240 families put it first for 180 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 63% of the families who put it first got a place.
| Entry | Places | First choices | Per place | First choices offered a place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7, 2024 | 179 | 263 | 1.5 | 66% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 179 | 207 | 1.2 | 73% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 180 | 240 | 1.3 | 63% |
Sports hall (4 courts), artificial hockey pitch, 5 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, gym, dance or fitness studio.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
Income £9.0m, spending £9.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,199 pupils).
Run by The North Halifax Grammar School Academy Trust, a single-academy trust. The trust holds reserves of £242k, 2.7% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.
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Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.
One test for 2 schools (Calderdale).
| Subject | Entries | A*–A | England A*–A | A* | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 59 | 49.2% | 42.8% | 22% | 69.5% |
| Biology | 51 | 23.5% | 29% | 9.8% | 68.6% |
| Psychology | 41 | 34.1% | 19.8% | 9.8% | 68.3% |
| Chemistry | 39 | 33.3% | 33.2% | 10.3% | 61.5% |
| Economics | 34 | 26.5% | 30.8% | 2.9% | 82.4% |
| Physics | 32 | 31.3% | 32.6% | 6.3% | 65.6% |
| Business Studies | 30 | 20% | 16.8% | 10% | 60% |
| Sociology | 29 | 55.2% | 19.3% | 17.2% | 89.7% |
| English Literature | 25 | 40% | 25.2% | 4% | 80% |
| English Language | 16 | 12.5% | 12.7% | 0% | 56.3% |
| Mathematics (Further) | 15 | 53.3% | 53.1% | 26.7% | 100% |
| Geography | 14 | 42.9% | 24.2% | 7.1% | 85.7% |
| Government and Politics | 11 | 45.5% | 28.3% | 9.1% | 72.7% |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 11 | 27.3% | 14% | 9.1% | 72.7% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 30% | 23.5% | 0% | 50% |
| History | 9 | 44.4% | 25.5% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 37.5% | 23.8% | 0% | 87.5% |
| Spanish | 8 | 50% | 26.6% | 0% | 87.5% |
| French | 7 | 85.7% | 27.6% | 14.3% | 100% |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 7 | 42.9% | 16.2% | 14.3% | 42.9% |
| Electronics | 6 | 66.7% | 34.2% | 0% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 5 | 0% | 35.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Subject | Entries | Grades 8–9 | England 8–9 | Grades 7+ | Grades 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 180 | 39.4% | 13% | 58.9% | 98.9% |
| English Language | 180 | 33.9% | 9.2% | 61.1% | 98.9% |
| English Literature | 178 | 32% | 9.9% | 57.3% | 98.9% |
| Religious Studies | 177 | 36.7% | 19% | 59.3% | 94.4% |
| Physics | 146 | 32.2% | 29.4% | 54.1% | 95.2% |
| Biology | 146 | 34.2% | 28.6% | 50% | 97.9% |
| Chemistry | 146 | 33.6% | 31.4% | 46.6% | 93.8% |
| French | 89 | 31.5% | 18.1% | 55.1% | 96.6% |
| Spanish | 88 | 10.2% | 15.3% | 25% | 77.3% |
| History | 67 | 44.8% | 15.2% | 68.7% | 92.5% |
| Business | 58 | 36.2% | 10.9% | 63.8% | 94.8% |
| Social Studies | 56 | 33.9% | 10.8% | 57.1% | 96.4% |
| Geography | 50 | 42% | 13.6% | 68% | 92% |
| Physical Education | 41 | 22% | 12.8% | 36.6% | 95.1% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 37.8% | 19.9% | 56.8% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 26 | 7.7% | 13.2% | 23.1% | 100% |
| Design & Technology | 22 | 13.6% | 13.3% | 40.9% | 100% |
| Media / Film / TV | 18 | 22.2% | 10.7% | 33.3% | 88.9% |
| Music | 12 | 8.3% | 20.5% | 16.7% | 58.3% |