Schools in Calderdale

Primary schools: Calderdale's own 'catchment area' is explicitly DEFINED as 'any address closer to this school than any other primary school' — i.e. it's a distance derivation, not a fixed mapped boundary. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

One joint FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise) test for both Calderdale grammar schools (The Crossley Heath School and The North Halifax Grammar School): - English and mathematics papers, age-standardised. - A creative-writing element, assessed for candidates who meet the required standard in English and maths — candidates must meet the qualifying standard in English, maths AND creative writing to be considered. Register once (historically late March to late June of Year 5); the test is sat in mid-September of Year 6 with results by mid-October, before the 31 October application deadline. One sitting serves both schools.

Calderdale's two grammar schools — The Crossley Heath School and The North Halifax Grammar School — run a JOINT admissions test: register once, sit once, and the result serves both schools. Children living outside Calderdale can register and sit the test — the schools draw from across West Yorkshire and over the Lancashire border. Registration historically runs late March to late June of Year 5, with the test in mid-September of Year 6 (a supplementary sitting is historically offered about a week later for children who miss the main date with good reason). Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Check each school's oversubscription criteria — distance is a factor when oversubscribed.