King James's School
St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SG
Local ranking12th of 29 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 50.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6
- Cohort Size
- 210
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
- 555 (52%)
- Girls
- 509 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (101% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4%
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
Loading chart
- White British: 71.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
71.2%
White British
5.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
5.8%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138706
- UKPRN
- 10038625
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- KING JAMES'S SCHOOL