Cliffe Hill

What Cliffe Hill does

Cliffe Hill Community Primary School is a state-funded community primary school located in Lightcliffe, Halifax, operating under the responsibility of Calderdale Local Authority. The school serves children aged 3 to 11 across a Nursery and full primary age range, and additionally operates an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Resourced Provision for Key Stage 2 pupils, providing specialist support beyond a standard mainstream intake. Its broad curriculum includes core national curriculum subjects alongside music (with recognised Lead School status from Music Mark), physical education, personal development, and enrichment activities such as dance and outdoor learning. The school has maintained an Ofsted 'Good' rating across its most recent inspection categories covering overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Leadership comprises a Head Teacher, Deputy Head, SENDCo, School Business Manager, and a board of governors including a Local Authority Governor and Parent Governors.

Revenue is sourced primarily from local authority per-pupil funding plus targeted grants (including Salix decarbonisation capital funding that has supported solar PV and LED lighting installations), with ancillary income from school meals, a breakfast club, an after-school club, and uniform sales. Operationally, the school does not present as a commercial entity pursuing growth or capital returns; it operates as a public service institution whose principal 'customer' is its local catchment population and whose principal output is educational provision. The technology stack described in the input is limited to a school website, communication channels, and physical infrastructure improvements, with no AI/ML components documented. The 5-employee metric reported alongside this dataset is inconsistent with the full teaching, leadership, support, administrative, and site staff roster disclosed on the school website and should be treated as unreliable.

Name

Cliffe Hill

Legal name

Cliffe Hill Community Primary School

Website

https://cliffehill.calderdale.sch.uk

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cliffe Hill Community Primary School is a state-funded community primary school in Lightcliffe, Halifax, serving children aged 3 to 11 across Nursery to Year 6, including an ASD Resourced Provision for Key Stage 2 pupils.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Pre-Primary Education (BPADAKAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• State-funded school
• Special educational needs
• Early years foundation
• After-school clubs

Headquarters

HQ city

Halifax

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. School Meals: Hot meals provided daily. KS1 pupils eligible for free school meals under government scheme. KS2 meals cost £2.50 per day.
2. After School Clubs: Various after-school activities run by teachers. Holiday clubs offered at £2 per session with school subsidising costs.
3. Uniform Sales: School uniform sold through third-party suppliers GDB Clothing, Ziggy's School Wear, and second-hand uniform shop. Book bags available for £4.50.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cliffe Hill Community Primary School is a state-funded community primary school maintained by Calderdale Local Authority, providing full-time primary education for children aged 3-11 from Nursery through Year 6. The school delivers the UK National Curriculum across Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2, alongside a dedicated 10-place ASD Resourced Provision for Key Stage 2 pupils with autism. Additional paid services include hot school meals, before/after-school clubs, holiday clubs, and school uniform sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education Programme (Nursery to Year 6)
• ASD Resourced Provision (Key Stage 2)
• School Meals
• After-School and Holiday Clubs
• School Uniform Sales

Quantifiable outcome

• Disadvantaged pupils achieved 80% in Year 1 Phonics vs national 68% - outperforming by 13 percentage points
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Webanywhere (School Jotter)coreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite platform provider - school website built using School Jotter 3 from Webanywhere. Provides the technical infrastructure for the school website, parent communication, and digital presence.
• Calderdale Local AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaintains governance oversight, provides admissions processes, SEND support services, Healthy Holidays programme for free school meals pupils, and educational welfare services.
• West Yorkshire Maths HubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool participates in Maths Hub mastery programmes including Mastery Readiness Programme and NCETM Primary Teaching for Mastery work groups.
• Music MarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusic education membership organisation. School is a Lead School for Music in West Yorkshire, working with other schools to develop music provision.
• Overgate HospiceminorOthersAnnual Reindeer Run fundraising event to support local hospice. School community raises money through charity events.
• Smart MoveminorOthersLocal charity assisting homeless and vulnerably housed people. School council organises three events yearly including Christmas presents, Harvest food, and Easter eggs.
• Focus 4 HopeminorOthersLocal charity receiving donations of presents at Christmas from school community through Start of Christmas event.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Reach Academy: A small, mission-driven primary free school known for strong disadvantaged-pupil outcomes; provides a comparator for Cliffe Hill's Pupil Premium phonics outperformance and enrichment-led model.

Broad incumbents

• United Learning: Large national MAT operating primaries and secondaries across England; provides a benchmark for scaled primary education delivery and represents a structural alternative model to the community-school model Cliffe Hill operates under.
• Northern Schools Trust: Multi-academy trust running primary schools across the North of England; competes with Cliffe Hill for staff, best-practice networks, and parental migration into MAT primaries within West Yorkshire.
• Park Lane Learning Trust: A Calderdale-based multi-school partnership; operates primary schools in the same local authority and shares governance, SEND, and family-learning pathways with Cliffe Hill.

Others

• Music Mark: Music education membership body awarding the Music Mark designation held by Cliffe Hill; relevant as an ecosystem partner rather than competitor, supporting music-lead-school status.
• Calderdale Council (Local Authority): The maintaining local authority for Cliffe Hill; not a commercial peer but a structural counterpart that governs admissions, SEND transport, Healthy Holidays funding, and capital allocations that shape the school's operating envelope.

Direct peers

• Copley Primary School: A Calderdale community primary serving a similar demographic and offering comparable Nursery through Year 6 provision; directly competes with Cliffe Hill for in-year transfers and parental choice within the local authority.
• Siddal Primary School: A Calderdale community primary with a similar Nursery-through-Year 6 footprint; comparable Pupil Premium profile and Ofsted trajectory, making it a close substitute in parental decision-making.
• Withinfields Primary School: Local Calderdale primary offering broadly equivalent mainstream education and wraparound services; competes with Cliffe Hill on parental choice, attainment outcomes, and community engagement activities.
• Lightcliffe Church of England Primary School: A nearby Lightcliffe/Halifax primary school drawing from the same West Yorkshire catchment; operates a similar age range and competes with Cliffe Hill for the same pool of Reception applicants and Pupil Premium-eligible families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/facebook-page
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cliffe-hill

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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