Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry221 applications · 140 places offered · 106 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2024 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2023 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2022 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2020 1.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2016 1.3; Kirklees median median 1.7
- 2015 1.2; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2014 1.1; Kirklees median median 1.9
- This school
- Kirklees median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 140 | 221 | 1.6 | 106 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2025 | 129 | 222 | 1.7 | 126 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 245 | 1.6 | 138 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 155 | 281 | 1.8 | 170 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 141 | 272 | 1.9 | 152 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 140 | 245 | 1.8 | 143 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 149 | 244 | 1.6 | 133 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 126 | 197 | 1.6 | 121 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 126 | 179 | 1.4 | 105 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 129 | 158 | 1.2 | 97 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 | 109 | 138 | 1.3 | 84 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 91 | 108 | 1.2 | 72 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2014 | 111 | 123 | 1.1 | 88 | 0.79 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 135 | 36.7 | 26% | 39% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 41.0 | 38% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 142 | 39.3 | 32% | 57% | −0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 125 | 40.4 | 30% | 58% | −0.24 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Netherhall Learning Campus High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Kirklees20261.4applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · KirkleesGood20222.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · KirkleesStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · KirkleesGood20242.6applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · KirkleesGood20232.8applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · KirkleesOutstanding20241.9applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · KirkleesSome aspects not as strong20242.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · CalderdaleRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 107756 · 382/4009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 955 pupils · 823 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Nether Hall Avenue, Huddersfield, HD5 9PG
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources