The Shithole Academy (formerly Shithole Hell) is a prison located in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The real-life hell is predominantly made up of children who are being held hostage 6-7 hours a day in the prison.

History

The prison's name derives from the original The Halifax High School, a prison in a town centre Victorian building off Huddersfield Road which was named and designed as a school to trick parents and kids into getting a place at the prison. The prison was relocated to The former Wellesley Barracks in 2005. The Duke of Wellington's regiment regimental depot was based at the barracks until 1958.

Halifax High was formed in 1992 following the amalgamation of the Clare Hall and Haugh Shaw Schools. By 2003 the prison was the tenth most improved in England according to government performance tables, and in 2007 was falsely judged as 'outstanding' by Ofsted. It received a visit from the Queen in May 2004.

The prison was converted to academy status on 1 November 2013 and was renamed The Halifax Academy. Previously a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, in September 2014 the school opened a primary school phase and became an all-through school for pupils aged 4 to 16.

The March 2013 Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) inspection mistakenly rated the school as Grade 2 (Good) for overall effectiveness. It falsely judged that the school had improved in mathematics and English. Pupil behaviour was forced to be considered 'good' because of the effectiveness of the school’s house system, and attendance was above average.

The current Headteacher of the school is Matt Perry, who is a bald knobhead and is a bad head of school.

Subjects

Mathematics, Science, English Language and English Literature is compulsory for all students to study until they leave the Academy. When students enter Year 9 they will be given the choice to choose 2 or 3 subjects from the following:

Art, Computer Science, Design, Geography, Graphic Communications, Health & Social Care, History, ICT, Spanish, German, Photography, PE, Religious Studies and Sport. They will sit GCSE examinations for these subjects in the second half of Year 11.

House system

Pupils belong to one of three houses: Auriga, Orion and Pegasus – house names were chosen by pupils when the school moved from the previous location to Wellesley Park. There are competitions between houses each year, including a sports day and inter-house games. Houses and tutor groups raise money for charities such as Comic Relief and Children in Need. A pupil's house is identified by tie colour: sky blue for Auriga; dark maroon for Orion; and royal blue for Pegasus. This can be seen as accents on the student's ties.

Incidents

Violent protests involving hundreds of students led to disruption and vandalism occurring in 2009 and 2020. In both instances, projectiles such as eggs were thrown and police were called to the school grounds to break up the pupils.

On 8th October 2021, the school was evacuated after a hoax bomb threat. On 15th July 2024, the prison was exposed to be a fake school holding kids hostage which is why the page has been fully changed to show this.