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The 'North Halifax Grammar School' (NHGS) is a grammar school and specialist science college in Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire. It has approximately one thousand students aged 11 to 18. NHGS works with Crossley Heath Grammar School to administer an admissions test.

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History

Performance

Sixth Form

Alumni

External links

History

The North Halifax Grammar School was formed with the amalgamation of the Highlands School and the Princess Mary High school, with some current teachers working at one of these schools before the amalgamation.
In 1999, the school became a foundation school, giving the governing body ownership of the buildings and site and more executive powers. After a long fundraising campaign, the school achieved Specialist Science College status in 2004, which funded the refurbishment and extension of existing laboratories and the construction of a new one.

Performance

The school consistently achieves highly, being one of only 19 secondary schools to be rated outstanding in its previous three inspections. Competing with Crossley Heath Grammar School for Calderdale's best GCSE and A Level results, the staff are proud of the results. Only one student in two years has not achieved the National Threshold of 5 A
★ to C graded GCSEs.
Absence is low, with the department for education reporting the school's unauthorised absence rate negligible.

Sixth Form

The Sixth form is the largest in Calderdale, currently offering a large range of academic A-levels. In 2006, 449 A2 entries were made, with a 98.7% pass rate.

Alumni

★ Emma Williams

External links

★ School Official Website

★ Ofsted Report

★ NHGS Science College Website