Schools and Education in Friendly

There are 109 schools within 5 miles of Friendly town centre, including 67 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 98% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Compass Community School Willow Park, Luddendenfoot Academy and Parkinson Lane Community Primary School. There is 1 school rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
109
Primary
67
Secondary
9
Good / Outstanding
98%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

8
54
Outstanding (8) Good (54) Requires Improvement (1) Not yet inspected (46)
Compass Community School Willow Park Not applicable 0.8 miles Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2BU Inspected: 17 October 2025 Luddendenfoot Academy Primary 0.9 miles Rose Place, Luddendenfoot, Halifax, HX2 6AU Inspected: 01 February 2024 Parkinson Lane Community Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Warley Street, Halifax, HX1 3XL Inspected: 10 October 2023 Ravenscliffe High School Not applicable 2.4 miles Ravenscliffe Close, Halifax, HX3 0RZ Inspected: 06 December 2022 All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Dudwell Lane, Halifax, HX3 0SD Inspected: 26 May 2023 The Greetland Academy Primary 2.7 miles School Street, Greetland, Halifax, HX4 8JB Inspected: 24 November 2021 Old Earth Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Lower Edge Road, Elland, HX5 9PL Inspected: 06 February 2023 The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form Not applicable 5 miles Booth Royd Lane, Brighouse, HD6 3JW Inspected: 16 November 2023
Warley Town School Primary 0.2 miles Dark Lane, Warley, Halifax, HX2 7QD Inspected: 17 March 2023 Trinity Academy Grammar Secondary 0.4 miles Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2NW Inspected: 05 May 2023 New Road Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DY Inspected: 15 June 2023 Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Park Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2BJ Inspected: 17 May 2023 Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary 0.8 miles St Peters Avenue, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1BL Inspected: 27 January 2023 Bolton Brow Primary Academy Primary 0.9 miles Pye Nest Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2BA Inspected: 14 December 2022 The Halifax Academy All-through 1.1 miles Gibbet Street, Halifax, HX2 0BA Inspected: 02 August 2023 Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.1 miles Albert Road, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0QD Inspected: 17 May 2023 Trinity Academy St Peter's Primary 1.2 miles Dean Lane, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1HB Inspected: 02 August 2023 Wood Bank School Not applicable 1.2 miles Dene View, Luddenden, Halifax, HX2 6PB Inspected: 28 June 2024 Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Ashville Gardens, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0QQ Inspected: 08 February 2023 Broadwood School Not applicable 1.3 miles Moor End Road, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0RU Inspected: 11 November 2024 Norland CE School Primary 1.3 miles Berry Moor Road, Norland, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3RN Inspected: 09 May 2022 Mount Pellon Primary Academy Primary 1.5 miles Battinson Road, Halifax, HX1 4RG Inspected: 21 May 2024 Triangle CofE VC Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Rochdale Road, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3NJ Inspected: 07 March 2024 The Crossley Heath School Secondary 1.7 miles Savile Park, Halifax, HX3 0HG Inspected: 26 September 2023 Savile Park Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Moorfield Street, Halifax, HX1 3ER Inspected: 19 July 2024 Beacon Lights Schools Not applicable 1.8 miles Lister Lane, Halifax, HX1 5JL Inspected: 22 September 2025 Calderdale College 16 plus 1.8 miles Francis Street, Halifax, HX1 3UZ Inspected: 13 January 2023 Brearley Hall School Not applicable 1.8 miles Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot, HX2 6HP Inspected: 13 November 2025 Beech Hill School Primary 2.1 miles Mount Pleasant Avenue, Halifax, HX1 5TN Inspected: 19 March 2025 Dean Field Community Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Cumberland Close, Ovenden, Halifax, HX2 8DQ Inspected: 06 May 2022 Ash Green Community Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Mixenden Road, Mixenden, Halifax, HX2 8QD Inspected: 21 November 2024 Wainstalls School Primary 2.4 miles Wainstalls Road, Halifax, HX2 7TE Inspected: 19 November 2024 St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School Primary 2.4 miles Nathan Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3EJ Inspected: 30 April 2024 Moorside Community Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Keighley Road, Ovenden, Halifax, HX2 8AP Inspected: 29 March 2023 Copley Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Wakefield Road, Copley, Halifax, HX3 0TP Inspected: 25 September 2024 Trinity Academy Akroydon Primary 2.5 miles Rawson Street North, Boothtown, Halifax, HX3 6PU Inspected: 21 November 2023 Scout Road Academy Primary 2.5 miles Scout Road, Mytholmyroyd, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5JR Inspected: 22 August 2023 Salterhebble Junior and Infant School Primary 2.6 miles Cheltenham Place, Halifax, HX3 0AU Inspected: 31 January 2023 Ripponden Junior and Infant School Primary 2.8 miles Halifax Road, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4AH Inspected: 26 May 2023 Barkisland CofE VA Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Longmeadow, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BD Inspected: 24 June 2025 Abbey Park Academy Primary 2.9 miles Keighley Close, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9DG Inspected: 15 November 2022 Burnley Road Academy Primary 2.9 miles Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5DE Inspected: 07 July 2022 Siddal Primary School Primary 3 miles Backhold Lane, Siddal, Halifax, HX3 9DL Inspected: 20 October 2023 Trinity Academy Whitehill Primary 3 miles Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9RL Inspected: 13 May 2025 The North Halifax Grammar School Secondary 3 miles Moorbottom Road, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9SU Inspected: 18 December 2023 Riverbank Primary School Not applicable 3.1 miles Mill Fold, Ripponden, Halifax, HX6 4DH Inspected: 17 January 2025 Bowling Green Academy Primary 3.4 miles Park View, Stainland, Halifax, HX4 9HU Inspected: 27 September 2023 Salterlee Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Kell Lane, Shibden, Halifax, HX3 7AY Inspected: 05 February 2024 Holywell Green Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Stainland Road, Holywell Green, Halifax, HX4 9AE Inspected: 19 May 2023 St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Primary 3.5 miles Hullenedge Road, Elland, HX5 0QY Inspected: 12 July 2024 Compass Community School North Not applicable 3.7 miles Halifax Road, 5 Halifax Road, West Yorkshire, HX5 0SH Inspected: 30 November 2023 Bradshaw Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Ingham Lane, Bradshaw, Halifax, HX2 9PF Inspected: 21 May 2024 Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary 3.9 miles Cross Lane, Elland, HX5 0LP Inspected: 16 June 2023 Shibden Head Primary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Hainsworth Moor Grove, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2ND Inspected: 27 July 2023 Stubbings Infant School Primary 4.2 miles Cliffe Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8BP Inspected: 27 September 2022 Riverside Junior School Primary 4.2 miles Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE Inspected: 20 November 2024 St John's Primary School In Rishworth Primary 4.3 miles Godly Lane, Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4QR Inspected: 21 September 2022 Trinity Academy Bradford Secondary 4.3 miles Greenland Villas, Bradford, BD13 2AS Inspected: 07 May 2024 Shelf Junior and Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Shelf Hall Lane, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7LT Inspected: 13 January 2025 Victoria Hall Children's Centre 4.7 miles Brighouse Road, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 1AB Inspected: 05 February 2014 Trinity Academy St Chad's Primary 4.8 miles Upper Green Lane, Hove Edge, Brighouse, HD6 2PA Inspected: 18 September 2023 Brighouse High School Secondary 5 miles Finkil Street, Brighouse, HD6 2NY Inspected: 31 March 2022
Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy Primary 2 miles Savile Park Road, Halifax, HX1 2ES Inspected: 15 September 2023
Tuel Lane Infant School Primary 0.4 miles Clay Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2ND New Road Children's Centre 0.7 miles Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DY Inspected: 28 December 2010 Ryburn Valley High School Secondary 1 miles St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF Creations Community Childrens Centre 1.1 miles Albert Road, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0QD Warley Road Primary Academy Primary 1.1 miles Warley Road, Halifax, HX1 3TG Luddenden CofE School Primary 1.2 miles Dene View, Luddendenfoot, Halifax, HX2 6PB Sunshine Childrens Centre 1.5 miles Battinson Road, Battinson Road, Halifax, HX1 4RG Little Stars Children's Centre at Parkinson Lane 1.6 miles Warley Street, Halifax, HX1 3XL Midgley School Primary 1.7 miles Pin Hill Lane, Midgley, Halifax, HX2 6TX St Augustine's CofE School Primary 1.7 miles St Augustine's Terrace, Halifax, HX1 5PG Jubilee Children's Centre 1.8 miles Hanson Lane, Halifax, HX1 5NB The Gleddings School Not applicable 2 miles Birdcage Lane, Savile Park, Halifax, HX3 0JB St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy Primary 2 miles Swires Road, Halifax, HX1 2ER Lee Mount Academy Primary 2 miles East Park Road, Lee Mount, Halifax, HX3 5EB St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 2 miles Furness Place, Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 8JY Ovenden Innovations Children's Centre 2.1 miles Cumberland Close, Ovenden, Halifax, HX2 8DQ Ash Green Children's Centre 2.3 miles Mixenden Road, Mixenden, Halifax, HX2 8QD Kevin Pearce Childrens Centre 2.4 miles Athol Road, Ovenden Road, Halifax, HX3 5RQ Boothtown Childrens Centre 2.5 miles Rawson Street North, Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX3 6PU Inspected: 16 February 2012 Trinity Sixth Form Academy 16 plus 2.5 miles Market Street, Halifax, HX1 1UN Stafford Hall School Not applicable 2.6 miles Cheltenham Place, Halifax, Halifax, HX3 0AW Inspected: 01 July 2025 The Calder Learning Trust All-through 2.6 miles Brier Hey Lane, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5QN St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Primary 2.7 miles Portland Road, Halifax, HX3 6LA The Whitley AP Academy Not applicable 3 miles Moorbottom Road, Halifax, HX2 9SR Siddal Children's Centre 3 miles Backhold Lane, Siddal, Halifax, HX3 9DL Inspected: 16 December 2010 Illingworth Childrens Centre 3 miles Illingworth, Halifax, HX2 9RL Trinity Academy Halifax Secondary 3.1 miles Holdsworth Road, Halifax, HX2 9TZ Inspected: 22 November 2023 Park Lane Academy Secondary 3.1 miles Park Lane, Exley, Halifax, HX3 9LG West Vale Academy Primary 3.3 miles Stainland Road, West Vale, Halifax, HX4 8LS Withinfields Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Withinfields, Southowram, Halifax, HX3 9QJ The Brooksbank School Secondary 3.8 miles Victoria Road, Elland, HX5 0QG Elland Children's Centre 3.8 miles Westgate, Elland, HX5 0BB Inspected: 02 November 2010 Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.8 miles Westgate, Elland, HX5 0BB Northowram Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Baxter Lane, Northowram, Halifax, HX3 7EF Rishworth School Not applicable 3.9 miles Oldham Road, Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4QA Old Town Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Billy Lane, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RY William Henry Smith Specialist College Not applicable 4 miles Providence Street, Huddersfield Road, Elland, HX5 9DL Central Street Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.3 miles Central Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6HB Inspected: 19 January 2023 Hipperholme Grammar School Not applicable 4.4 miles Bramley Lane, HX3 8JE Russell Hall Primary School Primary 4.4 miles West End, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2AW Hebden Vale Childrens Centre 4.5 miles Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6AT Foxhill Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Brighouse and Denholme Road, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 1LN Hebden Royd CofE Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Church Lane, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6DS Moorlands Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Moorlands Road, Mount, Huddersfield, HD3 3UH Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.8 miles Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7NX Lightcliffe C of E Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Wakefield Road, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8SH