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Best secondary schools in Kirklees

24 of 31 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Kirklees schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike grammar 1.0 Good oversubscribed 1.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Holmfirth High School Holmfirth 0.72 Outstanding about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Shelley College, A Share Academy Huddersfield 0.56 Not judged — approximate
4 BBG Academy Birkenshaw 0.48 Good improving oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Moor End Academy Huddersfield 0.45 Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy Dewsbury hidden gem 0.3 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Honley High School Holmfirth 0.28 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury 0.25 Good improving about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Batley Girls' High School Batley 0.23 Not judged undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield 0.21 Good improving oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Westborough High School Dewsbury hidden gem 0.17 Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Castle Hall Academy Mirfield 0.15 Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy Cleckheaton 0.13 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Upper Batley High School Batley hidden gem 0.12 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield 0.11 Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 King James's School Huddersfield 0.0 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Royds Hall, A Share Academy Huddersfield hidden gem 0.0 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Netherhall Learning Campus High School Huddersfield -0.09 Requires improvement improving undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Newsome Academy Huddersfield hidden gem -0.19 Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield hidden gem -0.35 Good improving undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Colne Valley High School Huddersfield hidden gem -0.4 Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield hidden gem -0.4 Good declining about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Spen Valley High School Liversedge hidden gem -0.77 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury -0.99 Not judged undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Kirklees

7 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Kirklees, not a fairer one.

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