Westborough High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dewsbury, WF13 2JE
- Distance
- 0.3km away
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
Oxford Road, Dewsbury, WF13 4LL
Local ranking27th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Secondary
Phase
1069
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 16.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 174
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 67.0%
- Higher education
- 24.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 25.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
21.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
9
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 21.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 36
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 928
- Boys
- 489 (53%)
- Girls
- 439 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1069 (87% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.5%
- EAL
- 19.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £3,580/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 48.8%
- White Other: 18.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.9%
- Asian Other: 9.9%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
48.8%
White British
18.1%
White Other
10.9%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Oxford Road
Dewsbury, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 141470
- UKPRN
- 10047640
- Establishment No.
- 4800
- Trust
- THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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