List of schools in Calderdale
Encyclopedia
This article lists all schools in the Local Education Authority
for Calderdale
, West Yorkshire
, England.
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
for Calderdale
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England.
Secondary schools
- Brighouse High SchoolBrighouse High SchoolBrighouse High School is an outstanding Academy School in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:It has approximately 1,400 pupils. The school contains around 1,050 pupils while the Sixth form contains around 350 pupils. The school is a Business and Enterprise College, rated 'outstanding'...
, (11-18, foundation comprehensive school, business and enterprise college, BrighouseBrighouseBrighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...
) - Halifax School, (11-16, community comprehensive school, HalifaxHalifax, West YorkshireHalifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
) - Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High SchoolHipperholme and Lightcliffe High SchoolHipperholme and Lightcliffe High School is a high school in between Lightcliffe and Hipperholme, West Yorkshire. Hipperholme and Lightcliffe also has a sports college status.Hipperholme has continued to attain excellent results in GCSE's....
, (11-18, foundation comprehensive school, sports college LightcliffeLightcliffeLightcliffe is a village in West Yorkshire, England.Situated approximately three miles east of Halifax in the metropolitan district of Calderdale....
) - Holy Trinity Church of England Senior SchoolHoly Trinity Church of England Senior SchoolHoly Trinity Church of England Senior School, is the only church aided 11 to 18 co-educational comprehensive school in the Diocese of Wakefield, founded in the 1815 by the then Vicar of Halifax...
, (11-18, voluntary aided comprehensive school, business & enterprise college, Holmfield) - North Halifax Grammar SchoolNorth Halifax Grammar SchoolThe North Halifax Grammar School is a grammar school, specialist science college and specialist languages college in Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the east of Illingworth, towards Holmfield and Holdsworth...
, (11-18, foundation selective school, science college, IllingworthIllingworth, West YorkshireIllingworth is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is situated north-west of Halifax.The village of Illingworth has competitive sports teams within the area including Crossleys Juniors , Illingworth C.C. and Illingworth A.R.L.F.C...
) - Park Lane High, (11-16, community comprehensive school, Exley)
- Rastrick High SchoolRastrick High SchoolThe Rastrick High School is a mixed-gender 11-18 comprehensive school located in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England. A specialist school, it is a Technology College.-History:...
, (11-18, foundation comprehensive school, technology college, RastrickRastrickRastrick is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax. It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band...
) - Ryburn Valley High SchoolRyburn Valley High SchoolRyburn Valley High School is a secondary school, and is a specialist Media Arts College, located in the town of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. Originally built in the 1950s in 2005 it moved into a bigger building.- New building :...
, (11-18, foundation comprehensive school, arts college, SowerbySowerby, West YorkshireSowerby is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies amongst the Pennines, contiguous with Sowerby Bridge, west-southwest of Halifax and west-northwest of Huddersfield....
) - Sowerby Bridge High School, (11-18, community comprehensive school, maths and computing college, Sowerby BridgeSowerby BridgeSowerby Bridge is a market town that lies within the Upper Calder Valley in the district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, in northern England.-Geography:Sowerby Bridge is situated on the edge of Halifax, about three miles from its centre...
) - St Catherine's Catholic High SchoolSt Catherine's Catholic High SchoolSt Catherine's Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school is named after Catherine of Siena....
, (11-18, voluntary aided comprehensive school, Holmfield) - The Brooksbank SchoolThe Brooksbank SchoolThe Brooksbank School is located in Elland near Halifax, West Yorkshire. It is a sports college and is also the largest school in Calderdale. The school currently has over 1700 pupils with over 250 members of staff.-History:...
, (11-18, foundation comprehensive school, sports college, EllandEllandElland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The area of Elland was called Elant in the Domesday Book...
) - The Calder High School, (11-18, community comprehensive school, technology college, MytholmroydMytholmroydMytholmroyd is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies east of Hebden Bridge and west of Halifax....
) - The Crossley Heath SchoolCrossley Heath Grammar SchoolThe Crossley Heath School is a selective grammar school located in Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.- Entrance exam :Admission to The Crossley Heath School, is by an entrance examination of prospective pupils' academic ability andattainment...
, (11-18 foundation selective school, languages college, Halifax) - The Ridings SchoolThe Ridings SchoolThe Ridings was a secondary school for ages 11–18 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, overseen by the Calderdale local authority. It was created in 1995 when two local secondary modern schools merged. The school is relatively small for its type; as of 2007 it had 537 students, of whom 28...
, (11-18, community comprehensive school, OvendenOvendenOvenden is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, located next to Boothtown and Illingworth and about 1 mile from Halifax town centre.Ovenden had a railway station, originally on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway line...
) - Todmorden High SchoolTodmorden High SchoolTodmorden High School is a comprehensive school in the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden, in the Calderdale LEA. The school has specialist Arts College status.-Todmorden High School:...
, (11-18, community comprehensive school, arts college, TodmordenTodmordenTodmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
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Special schools
- Highbury School, (RastrickRastrickRastrick is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax. It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band...
) - Norset House, (BoothtownBoothtownBoothtown is a suburb of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.Located on the A647 Halifax to Bradford. It was on this road that Percy Shaw came up with the idea of cat's eyes as an aid to road safety...
) - Ravenscliffe High School, (Halifax)
- William Henry Smith SchoolWilliam Henry Smith SchoolThe William Henry Smith School is a non-maintained residential school, located on the outskirts of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England. It provides education and care for boys with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties ....
, (BrighouseBrighouseBrighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...
) - Wood Bank School, (LuddendenfootLuddendenfootLuddendenfoot or Luddenden Foot is a community in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It lies along the Upper Calder Valley below the village of Luddenden, between Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge.-Cultural reference and notable people:...
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Independent schools
- Broadwood School, (10-16, selective boys school, Halifax)
- Glen House Montessori School, (Hebden BridgeHebden BridgeHebden Bridge is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and lies 8 miles west of Halifax and 14 miles north east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and the River Hebden .A 2004 profile of...
) - Hipperholme Grammar SchoolHipperholme Grammar SchoolHipperholme Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Hipperholme , West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 11 and 18....
, (11-18, selective school, HipperholmeHipperholmeHipperholme is a village in the Calderdale area of West Yorkshire, England, located between the towns of Halifax and Brighouse. It is located on the busy A58 road and includes Hipperholme Grammar School, a local private school....
) - Rishworth SchoolRishworth SchoolRishworth School is a co-educational independent school in the village of Rishworth, near Halifax, in West Yorkshire, England. With Heathfield, its junior school, it provides education for pupils aged between 3 and 18 years, with boarding from the age of 11....
, (3-19, non-selective school, Sowerby BridgeSowerby BridgeSowerby Bridge is a market town that lies within the Upper Calder Valley in the district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, in northern England.-Geography:Sowerby Bridge is situated on the edge of Halifax, about three miles from its centre...
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Further education colleges
- Calderdale CollegeCalderdale CollegeCalderdale College is a further education college based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.-External links:*...
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