Which school has the best GCSE results in Kirklees?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School tops the table in Kirklees with 80.2, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Kirklees schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Kirklees show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Kirklees GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

25 state secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 27 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

25 of 27 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	80.2	100%	100%	6.92	206
2	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	58.6	75%	86%	4.84	261
3	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.3	60%	78%	4.76	356
4	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	50.9	55%	75%	4.72	282
5	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	50.6	55%	78%	4.43	252
6	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	48.5	47%	69%	4.57	210
7=	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	47.8	55%	70%	4.31	197
7=	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	47.8	49%	75%	4.08	216
9=	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	46.9	41%	65%	4.18	227
9=	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	46.9	39%	56%	4.00	139
11=	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	46.8	54%	72%	4.27	200
11=	Royds Hall Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	46.8	43%	67%	4.12	172
13	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	45.9	45%	66%	3.79	207
14	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	45.5	43%	67%	3.85	158
15	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	44.9	38%	58%	3.62	177
16=	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	44.1	46%	59%	4.02	143
16=	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	44.1	42%	67%	4.05	150
18	Thornhill Community Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	43.6	38%	62%	3.87	168
19	Whitcliffe Mount Cleckheaton · Academy converter	42.7	45%	63%	3.89	247
20	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	42.6	36%	59%	3.71	175
21	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	42.4	34%	60%	3.67	294
22	Netherhall Learning Campus High School Select · Community school	41.0	38%	54%	3.30	149
23=	North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Foundation school	35.7	26%	43%	2.84	198
23=	Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Foundation school	35.7	24%	49%	2.99	189
25	St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	34.8	25%	46%	3.02	174
–	Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Kirklees with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.6	0%	34
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	24.9	20%	35
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	60.8	73%	66
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	49.7	53%	34
Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	55.6	55%	31

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Kirklees on our composite score

Kirklees GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Kirklees with published GCSE results

More about schools in Kirklees

Kirklees GCSE results: common questions