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The Whitley AP Academy

Alternative provisionAges 7–16Academy

Halifax, HX2 9SR · Calderdale local authority

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

How full
58 pupils
73% of its 80 places
Free school meals
76%
76 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Whitley AP Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 58 pupils for 80 places
  • 76% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HX2 9) sold for a median £185,000; Halifax’s is £152,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

74 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
85.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
14.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
23%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
71.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for The Whitley AP Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t 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 Good, March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Whitley AP Academy

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

Home prices in HX2 9, the school’s postcode sector

Halifax property prices →
£185,000
median sale, 300 sales in 36 months · Halifax £152,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025HX2 9Halifax
HX2 9Halifax

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£275K
Semi-detached
£195K
Terraced
£150K
Flat
£101K
HX2 9Halifax

Homes in HX2 9 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

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−DB+B−A+A−C+A−D−C−A−DThe Whitley AP Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Halifax, HX2 9SR

The Whitley AP Academy: common questions

What is The Whitley AP Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near The Whitley AP Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, HX2 9, sold for a median £185,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (300 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.