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Westborough High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 900Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 107775URN

Stockhill Street, Dewsbury, WF13 2JE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.3 below Kirklees median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective

320 applications for 175 places · 15th of 24 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.1of 90
19th of 25 in Kirklees
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 9 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Kirklees median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

320 applications · 175 places offered · 132 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.1; Kirklees median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.4; Kirklees median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; Kirklees median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; Kirklees median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.7; Kirklees median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.7; Kirklees median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261753201.81320.75
Sep 20251873692.01450.78
Sep 20241984282.21610.81
Sep 20231984082.11600.81
Sep 20221974132.11730.88
Sep 20211783962.21630.92
Sep 20201964032.11600.82
Sep 20191934632.41840.95
Sep 20181793762.11360.76
Sep 20171793572.01240.69
Sep 20161863061.71210.65
Sep 20151923241.71130.59
Sep 20141733241.91220.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

180 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.119th of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%19th of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Kirklees median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18042.137%54%–
2024/2517542.636%59%–
2023/2418742.435%59%+0.17
2022/2317443.438%54%+0.22

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

  • 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
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
107775 · 382/4057
Trust
The Dewsbury Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 900 on roll
Free school meals
48.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Stockhill Street, Dewsbury, WF13 2JE
Local authority
Kirklees

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources