Which school has the best GCSE results in Kirklees?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School tops the table in Kirklees with 78.9, against an England average of 46.2. 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 2026 results, the 2025/26 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 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

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 2026: secondary school league table

25 state secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, 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 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

25 of 27 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	78.9	78%	100%	100%	–	207
2	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	56.2	28%	69%	84%	–	261
3 , up 2 places since 2025	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	54.8	21%	70%	82%	–	250
4	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	52.6	17%	56%	75%	–	279
5 , down 2 places since 2025	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.8	18%	59%	77%	–	353
6 , up 5 places since 2025	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	51.0	21%	56%	75%	–	207
7	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	47.9	17%	53%	68%	–	201
8 , up 7 places since 2025	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	47.2	14%	41%	59%	–	180
9 , up 4 places since 2025	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	46.4	10%	45%	64%	–	209
10= , up 1 place since 2025	Royds Hall Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	45.7	14%	41%	65%	–	164
10= , up 9 places since 2025	Whitcliffe Mount Cleckheaton · Academy converter	45.7	14%	48%	67%	–	248
12 , down 3 places since 2025	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	45.2	10%	38%	59%	–	232
13= , down 4 places since 2025	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	45.1	10%	47%	69%	–	144
13= , up 5 places since 2025	Thornhill Community Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	45.1	10%	45%	62%	–	175
15= , down 1 place since 2025	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	43.5	10%	44%	67%	–	151
15= , down 8 places since 2025	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	43.5	6%	45%	63%	–	241
17 , down 1 place since 2025	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	43.4	7%	43%	63%	–	147
18 , down 12 places since 2025	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	43.3	6%	37%	60%	–	208
19 , up 1 place since 2025	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	42.1	6%	37%	54%	–	180
20 , up 1 place since 2025	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	40.8	9%	39%	57%	–	277
21 , down 5 places since 2025	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	39.9	6%	28%	49%	–	148
22	Netherhall Learning Campus High School Huddersfield · Community school	36.7	4%	26%	39%	–	135
23=	North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Foundation school	36.3	4%	31%	46%	–	208
23=	Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Foundation school	36.3	5%	28%	44%	–	190
25	St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	34.9	5%	28%	42%	–	184
–	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 "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

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%	29
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	28.9	20%	30
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	58.7	63%	64
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	43.8	36%	31
Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	57.3	73%	37

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 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. 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 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Kirklees with published GCSE results

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