North Halifax Grammar School

Selective

National rank

136=

217

Rank last year

71.8%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

53.8%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Desmond Deehan
Attendance 95.5%
Gender of entry Mixed
Send pupils* 8.9% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,238
Pupils on free school meals 6.4%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 137

Grade

%

A*

9.7

A

26.7

B

35.5

A*/A

36.3

A*-B

71.8

GCSE 2025 rank: 141

Grade

%

9/8

32.7

7

21.1

9/8/7

53.8

What the school inspection says

“The North Halifax Grammar School is an ambitious and caring school. Pupils receive high levels of academic and pastoral support. As a result, relationships between pupils and staff are warm and respectful. This helps to promote a positive culture in the school. The sixth form is exceptional. Students rise to the very academic standards that teachers have of them … In the sixth form, students particularly benefit from their teachers’ expertise, which is used to deepen students’ understanding and provoke challenging, academic discussion … Sixth-form provision was deemed to be outstanding.”
Inspection
2023
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

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