Park Lane Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F27
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Halifax, HX3 9LG
- Distance
- 2.0km away
The Brooksbank School
Victoria Road, Elland, HX5 0QG
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Calderdale
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1703
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 April 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Brooksbank School (URN 137521) since 1 November 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 264
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
27
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 129
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1470
- Boys
- 728 (50%)
- Girls
- 718 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1703 (85% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.5%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,825/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.6%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
86.7%
White British
4.6%
Asian Pakistani
1.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Victoria Road
Elland, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 149531
- UKPRN
- 10091683
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST
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