Moor End Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B71
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Huddersfield, HD4 5JA
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Newsome Academy
Castle Avenue, Newsome, Huddersfield, HD4 6JN
Local ranking20th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 148
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 801
- Boys
- 461 (56%)
- Girls
- 363 (44%)
- Capacity
- 900 (92% full)
- SEND
- 20.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.1%
- EAL
- 27.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,719/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
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 41.6%
- Black African: 16.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.7%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.5%
- Asian Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
41.6%
White British
16.7%
Black African
11.7%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Castle Avenue
Huddersfield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 147888
- UKPRN
- 10086838
- Establishment No.
- 4010
- Trust
- IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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