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Heckmondwike Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,522Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136283URN

High Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.7 above Kirklees median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kirklees

580 applications for 207 places · 5th of 24 in Kirklees
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
78.9of 90
1st of 25 in Kirklees
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 5 April 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
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Kirklees median (2.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

580 applications · 207 places offered · 355 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.7; Kirklees median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.7; Kirklees median median 2.1
  7. 2020 3.0; Kirklees median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.5; Kirklees median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.1; Kirklees median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.5; Kirklees median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.5; Kirklees median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.6; 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

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20262075802.83551.71
Sep 20252086183.03741.80
Sep 20242095682.73261.56
Sep 20232075952.93221.56
Sep 20222075952.93371.63
Sep 20212107713.74332.06
Sep 20202066133.03691.79
Sep 20192115282.52841.35
Sep 20182085302.62871.38
Sep 20172094452.12661.27
Sep 20161774402.52691.52
Sep 20151804562.53111.73
Sep 20141804722.63071.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

207 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)78.91st of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 25 in Kirklees
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Kirklees median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.00
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20778.9100%100%–
2024/2520680.2100%100%–
2023/2420778.599%100%+1.00
2022/2321177.197%100%+0.78

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136283 · 382/5401
Trust
Heckmondwike Grammar School Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,522 on roll
Free school meals
6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Heckmondwike Grammar School (URN 107785)
Address
High Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AH
Local authority
Kirklees

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