Lightcliffe Academy

School Name: Lightcliffe Academy
Address: Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe
Town/City: Halifax
County: West Yorkshire
Postcode: HX3 8TL
Telephone Number: 01422 201028
Website: http://www.lightcliffeacademy.co.uk/

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Academy sponsor led
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2011
Trust: Abbey Multi Academy Trust
Sponsor: Abbey Multi Academy Trust

Principal: Mrs Joanne Hackett
Capacity: 1350
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 788 (46% boys & 54% girls)
Enrollment: 58% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 35.4%

URN: 137036
DfE Number: 381/5404
UKPRN: 10034739
UPRN: 100052041768
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: Calderdale (E08000033)
Constituency: Calder Valley (E14001147)
Electoral Ward: Hipperholme & Lightcliffe (E05016488)

Easting & Northing: 414004E, 425157N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 43' 23.78" N 1° 47' 20.8" W
Plus Code: 9C5WP6F6+89

DfE Record: View record

1. Cliffe Hill Community Primary School (0.2km)
2. Lightcliffe C of E Primary School (0.8km)
3. Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School (0.9km)
4. St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse (1.0km)
5. Brighouse High School (1.1km)
6. Trinity Academy St Chad's (1.1km)
7. St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School (1.5km)
8. Shirley Manor Primary School (1.7km)
9. Hipperholme Grammar School (1.7km)
10. St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School (2.0km)

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• Bishop Young Church of England Academy
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• Manston St James Primary Academy
• Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell
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• Bishop Young Church of England Academy
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• Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School

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