The Mirfield Free Grammar
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Mirfield, WF14 9EZ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Castle Hall Academy
Richard Thorpe Avenue, Mirfield, WF14 9PH
Local ranking15th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
870
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 829
- Boys
- 473 (55%)
- Girls
- 390 (45%)
- Capacity
- 870 (99% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.7%
- EAL
- 37.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,514/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
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 42.6%
- White British: 38.6%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
42.6%
Asian Pakistani
38.6%
White British
6.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Richard Thorpe Avenue
Mirfield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 146367
- UKPRN
- 10081056
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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