SCHOOL PROFILE

Park Lane Academy: data, trends and context

Park Lane Academy is a secondary school in Calderdale. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143115
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Calderdale
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES
Postcode
HX3 9LG
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
481
FSM eligible
57.4%
EAL / First language other than English
17.7%
SEND (total)
30.6%
SEN Support
20.4%
EHCP
10.2%
White British
74.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.4%
Overall absence
8.6%
Persistent absence
28.5%
Severe absence
3.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
CalderdaleLocal authority92.0%8.0%3.1%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
53.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
19.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.1%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
40.9
English & maths grade 5+
35.2%
English & maths grade 4+
56.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Park Lane Academy is a secondary school in Calderdale. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.