This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 10 December 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Whitcliffe Mount School, URN 107780
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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 entry558 applications · 249 places offered · 255 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2024 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2023 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2022 2.4; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.6; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.5; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Kirklees median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Kirklees median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Kirklees median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Kirklees median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Kirklees median
Dashed bars: as Whitcliffe Mount School (URN 107780), the previous school.
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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 | 249 | 558 | 2.2 | 255 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 247 | 509 | 2.1 | 220 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 246 | 542 | 2.2 | 235 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 249 | 558 | 2.2 | 211 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 * | 248 | 599 | 2.4 | 256 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 * | 249 | 639 | 2.6 | 259 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 * | 246 | 634 | 2.6 | 267 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 * | 247 | 609 | 2.5 | 268 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 * | 246 | 539 | 2.2 | 269 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 * | 247 | 557 | 2.3 | 251 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 * | 244 | 537 | 2.2 | 285 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 247 | 450 | 1.8 | 208 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 219 | 398 | 1.8 | 192 | 0.88 |
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.) | 248 | 45.7 | 48% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 247 | 42.7 | 45% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 240 | 47.0 | 49% | 68% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 43.0 | 35% | 63% | −0.39 |
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
- Whitcliffe Mount, A Share AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Kirklees20262.9applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · KirkleesRemains Good20212.8applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Bradford20262.2applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · CalderdaleGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Kirklees20262.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.7 km · Calderdale20262.3applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · BradfordGood20232.0applications per place 34.7Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · KirkleesSome aspects not as strong20242.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149162 · 382/4500
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,228 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Replaced
- Whitcliffe Mount School (URN 107780)
- Address
- Turnsteads Avenue, Cleckheaton, BD19 3AQ
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources