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Ravenscliffe High School

Special schoolAges 11–19CommunitySixth form

Halifax, HX3 0RZ · Calderdale local authority

Halifax’s School Grade B better than 65% of towns in England

How full
258 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
45%
45 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ravenscliffe High School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HX3 0) sold for a median £230,000; Halifax’s is £152,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

257 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
19.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 62%
Its letter

No letter for Ravenscliffe High School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, October 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ravenscliffe High School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HX3 0, the school’s postcode sector

Halifax property prices →
£230,000
median sale, 334 sales in 36 months · Halifax £152,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025HX3 0Halifax
HX3 0Halifax

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£485K
Semi-detached
£271K
Terraced
£195K
Flat
£200K
HX3 0Halifax

Homes in HX3 0 sell for well over Halifax’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBC−B+B−BB+D−A−A+B+C−DA+D−B+BC+D−A−Ravenscliffe High School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Halifax, HX3 0RZ

Ravenscliffe High School: common questions

What is Ravenscliffe High School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (October 2022).

How much do houses cost near Ravenscliffe High School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HX3 0, sold for a median £230,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (334 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Halifax’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.