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Woodley School and College

Special schoolAges 5–19CommunitySixth form

Huddersfield, HD5 8JE · Kirklees local authority

Huddersfield’s School Grade C better than 26% of towns in England

How full
186 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
41%
41 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Woodley School and College

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HD5 8) sold for a median £178,000; Huddersfield’s is £179,475

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

182 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
25.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 22%Boys 78%
Its letter

No letter for Woodley School and College

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Woodley School and College

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HD5 8, the school’s postcode sector

Huddersfield property prices →
£178,000
median sale, 498 sales in 36 months · Huddersfield £179,475

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025HD5 8Huddersfield
HD5 8Huddersfield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£300K
Semi-detached
£195K
Terraced
£140K
Flat
£117K
HD5 8Huddersfield

Homes in HD5 8 sell for about the same as Huddersfield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC+CDDBCCCC+C−B−C−C−DA+Woodley School and College
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Huddersfield, HD5 8JE

Woodley School and College: common questions

What is Woodley School and College’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).

How much do houses cost near Woodley School and College?

Homes in its postcode sector, HD5 8, sold for a median £178,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (498 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Huddersfield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.