Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TL
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 788 (364 boys, 424 girls)
- Capacity: 1350
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 35.4%
- Telephone: 01422201028
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (16 Mar 2022); inspected again 24 Sep 2024, no overall grade
- Attainment 8: 37.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 379 applications, 125 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Calderdale
- Cliffe Hill Community Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Lightcliffe C of E Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Brighouse High School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Trinity Academy St Chad's (0.7 miles, straight line)
