What proportion of special schools in Calderdale are Good or Outstanding?

100% of special schools in Calderdale with an Ofsted grade on record are rated Good or Outstanding (as of 31 May 2026): 1 Outstanding and 0 Good out of 1 graded schools. The England figure is 87%.

How is the Gera School Quality Index for Calderdale calculated?

The Gera School Quality Index converts each school's Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade (Outstanding=4, Good=3, Requires improvement=2, Inadequate=1) to a mean grade, then rescales it to 0–100 as (mean − 1) ÷ 3 × 100. A score of 100 means every graded school is Outstanding; 0 means every graded school is Inadequate. Calderdale has fewer than 5 graded special schools on record, so no index is published.

Why do some schools in Calderdale have no Ofsted grade?

From 1 September 2024, Ofsted graded inspections no longer issue an overall effectiveness grade, so schools inspected since then show 'Not judged'. These schools are excluded from the counts above, which reflect the most recent overall effectiveness grade on record. Ratings can be several years old for schools not recently re-inspected, so always check each school's inspection date on the Ofsted report.

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Calderdale Special Ofsted Ratings

100% of special schools in Calderdale with an Ofsted grade on record are rated Good or Outstanding — Based on 1 graded schools, real Ofsted data (as at 31 May 2026).

What percentage of special schools in Calderdale are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted?

As of 31 May 2026, Ofsted has 1 graded special schools on record in Calderdale (Yorkshire and the Humber) — fewer than the 5 needed to publish a Gera School Quality Index for this cell, so GeraLearn reports the underlying counts only. For England, 87% of state-funded schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Source: Ofsted management information (OGL v3.0).

Source:Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information·As of 31 May 2026 · updated monthly · last refreshed 18 June 2026

Ofsted ratings in Calderdale — special schools

Ofsted grade	Schools	Share
Outstanding	1	100%
Good	0	0%
Requires improvement	0	0%
Inadequate	0	0%
Good or Outstanding	1	100%

Figures count each school's most recent Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade on record. Schools last inspected since 1 September 2024 carry no overall grade and are excluded. Fewer than 5 graded schools, so no Gera School Quality Index is published for this cell.

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In Calderdale, 94% of all schools schools with an Ofsted grade on record are Good or Outstanding (54 graded schools) — a Gera School Quality Index of 70 / 100.

That is 4 points above the England all-school index of 66 (87% Good or Outstanding nationally).

Grades: 8 Outstanding · 43 Good · 3 Requires improvement · 0 Inadequate.

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Calderdale Ofsted ratings — FAQ

What proportion of special schools in Calderdale are Good or Outstanding?: 100% of special schools in Calderdale with an Ofsted grade on record are rated Good or Outstanding (as of 31 May 2026): 1 Outstanding and 0 Good out of 1 graded schools. The England figure is 87%.
How is the Gera School Quality Index for Calderdale calculated?: The Gera School Quality Index converts each school's Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade (Outstanding=4, Good=3, Requires improvement=2, Inadequate=1) to a mean grade, then rescales it to 0–100 as (mean − 1) ÷ 3 × 100. A score of 100 means every graded school is Outstanding; 0 means every graded school is Inadequate. Calderdale has fewer than 5 graded special schools on record, so no index is published.
Why do some schools in Calderdale have no Ofsted grade?: From 1 September 2024, Ofsted graded inspections no longer issue an overall effectiveness grade, so schools inspected since then show 'Not judged'. These schools are excluded from the counts above, which reflect the most recent overall effectiveness grade on record. Ratings can be several years old for schools not recently re-inspected, so always check each school's inspection date on the Ofsted report.

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Source: Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information, latest inspections as at 31 May 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3.0). The Gera School Quality Index for Calderdale is computed by GeraLearn from these figures; no figure is modelled or interpolated. Ratings reflect each school's most recent overall-effectiveness grade on record — check each school's inspection date on its Ofsted report.