The Calder Learning Trust
All-through · Hebden Bridge · HX7 5QN
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 15 February 2022
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1,250 pupils · 99% of 1,265 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 18.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.6% of pupils
- URN
- 150387
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place217 places offered · 190 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.