Newsome Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD4 6JN
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Honley High School
Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
Local ranking6th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1285
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 250
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1289
- Boys
- 620 (50%)
- Girls
- 620 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1285 (96% full)
- SEND
- 16.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.0%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,666/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.3% 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: 77.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.1%
- Black African: 2.9%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
77.5%
White British
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
4.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Station Road
Holmfirth, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 146906
- UKPRN
- 10084183
- Establishment No.
- 4038
- Trust
- TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST
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