Scissett Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD8 9JX
- Distance
- 6.4km away
Penistone Grammar School
Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
Local ranking1st of 11 secondary schools in Barnsley
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1877
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 318
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
127
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 25.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 313
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1922
- Boys
- 976 (50%)
- Girls
- 970 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1877 (104% full)
- SEND
- 17.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.5%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,503/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.4%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
- Black African: 0.3%
- White Irish: 0.3%
93.4%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Huddersfield Road
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 106653
- UKPRN
- 10005034
- Establishment No.
- 4027
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