Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry431 applications · 203 places offered · 225 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2025 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2024 2.0; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2023 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2022 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2018 1.2; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2017 1.0; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2016 1.0; Kirklees median median 1.7
- 2015 1.0; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 203 | 431 | 2.1 | 225 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 204 | 405 | 2.0 | 231 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 402 | 2.0 | 239 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 389 | 1.9 | 212 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 208 | 401 | 1.9 | 235 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 209 | 388 | 1.9 | 218 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 | 207 | 367 | 1.8 | 192 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 208 | 298 | 1.4 | 167 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 | 173 | 212 | 1.2 | 127 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2017 | 152 | 154 | 1.0 | 86 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2016 | 127 | 131 | 1.0 | 73 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 180 | 1.0 | 87 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2014 | 113 | 140 | 1.2 | 83 | 0.73 |
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.) | 201 | 47.9 | 53% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 47.8 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 198 | 47.8 | 49% | 69% | +0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 173 | 51.1 | 61% | 79% | +0.38 |
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
- Manor Croft AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Kirklees20261.8applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · KirkleesRemains Good20241.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Wakefield20261.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · KirkleesGood20231.4applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Kirklees20262.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.5 km · LeedsRemains Good20232.6applications per place 52.3Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139076 · 382/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,032 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Earlsheaton Technology College (URN 107776)
- Address
- Old Bank Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7DW
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources