Honley High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Holmfirth High School
Heys Road, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
Local ranking2nd of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1330
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 20 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 69.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 261
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1329
- Boys
- 653 (49%)
- Girls
- 675 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1330 (100% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.8%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,036/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
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.4% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.5%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
90.5%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Heys Road
Holmfirth, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 107769
- UKPRN
- 10015927
- Establishment No.
- 4046
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