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Spen Valley High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 958Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 107778URN

Roberttown Lane, Liversedge, WF15 7LX · 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
2.9per place
0.8 above Kirklees median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective

527 applications for 179 places · 2nd of 24 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.3of 90
23rd of 25 in Kirklees
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 9 March 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Kirklees median (2.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

527 applications · 179 places offered · 167 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.8; Kirklees median median 2.0
  3. 2024 3.1; Kirklees median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.4; Kirklees median median 2.0
  5. 2022 3.2; Kirklees median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.7; Kirklees median median 2.1
  7. 2020 3.5; Kirklees median median 1.9
  8. 2019 3.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
  9. 2018 3.2; Kirklees median median 1.9
  10. 2017 3.1; Kirklees median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.4; Kirklees median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.9; Kirklees median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.2; Kirklees median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Kirklees median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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 20261795272.91670.93
Sep 20251865172.81700.91
Sep 20241875883.11750.94
Sep 20231886293.42101.12
Sep 20221936193.22101.09
Sep 20211856773.72071.12
Sep 20201886513.51820.97
Sep 20191886673.62201.17
Sep 20181865933.21820.98
Sep 20171865743.11921.03
Sep 20161784342.41630.92
Sep 20151785072.91941.09
Sep 20141783992.21430.80

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

190 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.323rd of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%24th of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 4 or above in English and maths44%
  • This school
  • Kirklees median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.77
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19036.328%44%–
2024/2518935.724%49%–
2023/2418834.126%47%−0.77
2022/2318136.230%47%−0.70

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
107778 · 382/4061
Trust
The Spenborough Co-operative Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
960 pupils · 958 on roll
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Roberttown Lane, Liversedge, WF15 7LX
Local authority
Kirklees

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