Holmfirth High School
Heys Road, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
Local ranking2nd of 29 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1330
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 74.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 86.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.7%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8
- 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
- 661 (50%)
- Girls
- 668 (50%)
- 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.4%
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
Loading chart
- White British: 87.3%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
87.3%
White British
2.4%
White Other
2.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 107769
- UKPRN
- 10015927
- Establishment No.
- 4046