Park Lane Academy
Park Lane, Halifax, HX3 9LG
481 pupils · 80% of 600 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 May 2025, published 17 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 35.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 56% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 23.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.81 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 96 | 78 | 181 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 94 | 80 | 163 | 93 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 111 | 75 | 175 | 95 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 111 | 70 | 146 | 82 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 102 | 53 | 125 | 61 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 112 | 51 | 128 | 69 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 101 | 44 | 105 | 56 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 120 | 31 | 77 | 34 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Brooksbank School 2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Crossley Heath School 2.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Rastrick High School 3.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Brighouse High School 3.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Trinity Academy Grammar 4.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Lightcliffe Academy 4.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.