- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kirklees average, low absence.
355 first choices, 207 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1678.9
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,522
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Secondary schools in Kirklees
All 49 secondary schools in Kirklees. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results well above the Kirklees average, low absence.
256 first choices, 261 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1656.2
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,328
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Kirklees average, low absence.
Attainment 8 at 1651.8
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,274
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results close to the Kirklees average, low absence.
212 first choices, 206 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1646.4
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,053
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Kirklees average.
264 first choices, 204 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1651.0
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 7.3%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 1,049
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Ofsted:Good
Results well above the Kirklees average, high absence.
238 first choices, 243 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1654.8
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,240
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Kirklees average, low absence.
329 first choices, 263 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1652.6
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,419
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
Results close to the England average, low absence.
7 first choices, 13 offers made
Met the standard at 1162%
England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 495
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
Results close to the Kirklees average, low absence.
216 first choices, 174 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.2
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 899
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Kirklees average.
220 first choices, 206 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.3
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 7.2%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 1,055
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Ofsted:Good or better
- Girls
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Kirklees average, high absence.
178 first choices, 212 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.2
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,415
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Kirklees average, low absence.
140 first choices, 168 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.7
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 853
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Kirklees average.
255 first choices, 249 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.7
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 7.4%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 1,228
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
- Ofsted:Good in every area
Results well above the England average.
133 first choices, 137 offers made
Met the standard at 1177%
England 62%
- Days missed
- 8.4%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 980
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Kirklees average.
197 first choices, 218 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.5
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.7%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 1,300
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Kirklees average, high absence.
225 first choices, 203 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.9
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,032
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the England average, low absence.
Met the standard at 1159%
England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 592
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 0HE · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Kirklees average.
164 first choices, 172 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.1
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.0%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 902
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Ofsted:Good
- Boys
Results close to the Kirklees average.
134 first choices, 144 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.4
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.8%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 784
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Kirklees average, low absence.
118 first choices, 136 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1639.9
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 824
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Kirklees average.
194 first choices, 218 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1640.8
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.0%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 1,360
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Kirklees average.
204 first choices, 170 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.1
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.0%Kirklees 8.1%
- Pupils
- 863
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Ofsted:Expected standard in every area
Results below the Kirklees average, high absence.
132 first choices, 175 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.1
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 900
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
- Ofsted:Requires improvement
- Has a sixth form
Results well below the Kirklees average, high absence.
106 first choices, 140 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1636.7
Kirklees 46.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 823
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
- Secondary schools49including 12 special
- Attainment 8 at 1646.0England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding94%of graded schools · England 94.8%
- Faith schools8 of 492 Catholic
- With a nursery class5take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals30.7%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Kirklees's secondary schools spread out
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Attainment 8 at 16
Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Kirklees
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 31 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 2 of 18
- Good: 15 of 18
- Requires improvement: 1 of 18
- Inadequate: 0 of 18
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Kirklees
Some are faith schools.
8 of the 49 secondary schools in Kirklees have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply by 31 October.
Apply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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About these schools
Secondary schools in Kirklees, explained
There are 49 secondary schools in Kirklees, teaching 30,555 children. 6 are run by the council and 25 are academies or free schools. Among them are 12 special and 13 independent schools.
94% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 2 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Kirklees scored an average Attainment 8 of 46.0 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
30.7% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,954 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 22.2% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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- Huddersfield16 secondary schools
- Dewsbury10 secondary schools
- Batley6 secondary schools
- Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West3 secondary schools
- Gomersal and Birkenshaw2 secondary schools
- Heckmondwike2 secondary schools
- Honley2 secondary schools
- Liversedge2 secondary schools
- Mirfield2 secondary schools
- Cleckheaton1 school
- Linthwaite and Slaithwaite1 school
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many secondary schools are in Kirklees?
There are 49 secondary schools in Kirklees, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best secondary schools in Kirklees?
The highest-ranked secondary schools in Kirklees on Eduscope are Heckmondwike Grammar School, Holmfirth High School and Shelley College, A Share Academy. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding secondary schools are in Kirklees?
Kirklees has 2 secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 15 are rated Good, meaning 94% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Kirklees secondary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across secondary schools in Kirklees is 17:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a secondary school in Kirklees?
When choosing a secondary school in Kirklees, consider Ofsted ratings, GCSE results (Progress 8 and Attainment 8), sixth form provision, and the school's specialisms. You can compare all 49 secondary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, and admissions policy.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.