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School Atlas lists 81 state primary schools, 11 state secondary schools, 2 all-through schools, 3 special schools, 1 alternative provision school and 2 post-16 schools and colleges in Calderdale. It also lists 14 independent schools and 86 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 30 have a religious character: 23 Church of England and 7 Roman Catholic.
Of the 94 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Calderdale, 63 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 6 Outstanding and 57 Good.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 10 of these schools have had one.
Catchment boundaries are published for schools in Calderdale, but we don’t hold them yet. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 56 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.