Which school had the best GCSE results in Kirklees in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School topped the table in Kirklees with 78.4. 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.

Where are the latest Kirklees GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Kirklees are on the main Kirklees GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Kirklees show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2022: secondary school league table

24 state secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Kirklees GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 27 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

24 of 27 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	78.4	+0.72 (0.53 to 0.92)	98%	99%	6.90	207
2	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	56.3	+0.43 (0.25 to 0.60)	68%	79%	4.71	260
3	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	55.1	+0.58 (0.44 to 0.73)	65%	81%	5.17	359
4	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	52.9	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.45)	64%	80%	4.85	198
5	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	52.2	-0.01 (-0.18 to 0.15)	55%	79%	4.86	272
6	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.6	+0.09 (-0.10 to 0.29)	56%	75%	4.73	201
7	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	51.5	-0.08 (-0.27 to 0.11)	64%	80%	4.09	220
8	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	50.6	+0.02 (-0.15 to 0.19)	53%	70%	4.37	255
9	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.75 (0.54 to 0.95)	45%	67%	4.12	196
10	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	49.0	+0.51 (0.32 to 0.71)	52%	71%	4.35	212
11	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	48.8	+0.36 (0.12 to 0.59)	61%	72%	4.16	147
12	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	48.6	-0.35 (-0.58 to -0.12)	49%	69%	3.99	153
13	Thornhill Community Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	48.4	+0.31 (0.09 to 0.52)	51%	74%	4.31	171
14	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	47.9	-0.08 (-0.30 to 0.14)	51%	73%	4.17	160
15	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	47.0	-0.02 (-0.24 to 0.19)	40%	69%	3.91	174
16	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	46.0	-0.28 (-0.46 to -0.09)	36%	60%	3.98	236
17	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	45.6	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.36)	36%	63%	4.33	141
18	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	45.5	+0.21 (0.00 to 0.43)	40%	60%	3.84	173
19	Royds Hall Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	43.1	+0.00 (-0.22 to 0.23)	42%	59%	3.72	156
20	Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Foundation school	40.9	-0.56 (-0.76 to -0.36)	43%	59%	3.27	188
21	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	39.9	-0.22 (-0.48 to 0.04)	38%	55%	3.59	124
22	St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	37.9	-0.84 (-1.06 to -0.63)	36%	56%	3.31	178
23	Netherhall Learning Campus High School Select · Community school	36.5	-0.81 (-1.05 to -0.58)	31%	54%	2.66	140
24	North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Foundation school	35.8	-0.44 (-0.67 to -0.22)	20%	40%	2.82	166
–	Kirkburton Middle School Huddersfield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Scissett Middle School Huddersfield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Whitcliffe Mount Cleckheaton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Kirklees with published 2022 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	0.8	0%	24
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	30.5	65%	17
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	59.7	71%	73
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	40.8	41%	34
Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	69.4	77%	13

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.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Kirklees GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Kirklees on our composite score

Kirklees GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Kirklees ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Kirklees with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Kirklees

Kirklees GCSE results: common questions