Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL
Local ranking10th of 13 secondary schools in Calderdale
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 820
- Boys
- 387 (47%)
- Girls
- 433 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (61% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.7%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,637/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.0%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
- Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
84.0%
White British
2.8%
White Other
2.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137036
- UKPRN
- 10034739
- Establishment No.
- 5404
- Trust
- ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST