Ravenscliffe High School

State-Funded School

ravenscliffe-high-school-calderdale-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

CalderdaleLocal Authority

HalifaxConstituency

HX3 0RZPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ravenscliffe High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 258 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.3
EBacc average point score: 0.02

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

21%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

258

Total Pupils

62%Boys

38%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 258
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 19 October 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Dec 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.