England · Grammar school
The Crossley Heath School
Halifax · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 139182)
Overview
- Address
- Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0HG
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,179
- Capacity
- 1,160
- Eligible for free school meals
- 11.4%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- The Crossley Heath School Academy Trust Limited
- Local authority
- Calderdale
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (parentview.ofsted.gov.uk, get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area13% of Year 7 places offered in Calderdale for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2027 entry, Crossley Heath has no catchment or priority area. After looked-after children and Pupil Premium/Service Premium children, places go in order of merit in English and maths.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2027 entry, children from any UK local authority may apply and are ranked on test merit alone. Home-to-school distance is only used to separate tied scores.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 655 applicants named this school (293 as their first choice) for 177 places. 104 of 177 offers went to children living outside Calderdale.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Calderdale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 177 | 655 | 293 | 1.7 | 104 |
| Sept 2025 | 174 | 614 | 266 | 1.5 | 102 |
| Sept 2024 | 178 | 586 | 249 | 1.4 | 95 |
| Sept 2023 | 179 | 644 | 275 | 1.5 | 86 |
| Sept 2022 | 178 | 610 | 313 | 1.8 | 89 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Calderdale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 176 | 792 | 346 | 2.0 | 66 |
| Sept 2020 | 178 | 590 | 267 | 1.5 | 79 |
| Sept 2019 | 179 | 599 | 300 | 1.7 | 59 |
| Sept 2018 | 180 | 558 | 273 | 1.5 | 63 |
| Sept 2017 | 178 | 618 | 311 | 1.7 | 64 |
| Sept 2016 | 177 | 585 | 346 | 2.0 | 48 |
| Sept 2015 | 179 | 554 | 296 | 1.7 | 47 |
| Sept 2014 | 156 | 515 | 280 | 1.8 | 41 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Calderdale" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (crossleyheath.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 January 2013
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 3 July 2023: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (2)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 73.2 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96.6% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 64.2% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 72.6 (2023/24) → 74.5 (2024/25) → 73.2 (2025/26).
179 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- HX3 0HG
- Map location
- 53.71164, -1.87814
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01422360272
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.crossleyheath.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 139182) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026