Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D44
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD5 9PG
- Distance
- 3.0km away
King James's School
St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SG
Local ranking17th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 November 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1064
- Boys
- 544 (52%)
- Girls
- 511 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.5%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,665/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
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 73.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.7%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Other: 1.4%
73.1%
White British
5.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Helen's Gate
Huddersfield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138706
- UKPRN
- 10038625
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- KING JAMES'S SCHOOL
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