Huddersfield’s state schools get lower results than 74% of towns in England
Reading, writing and maths at the expected standard: 57% of primary pupils in Huddersfield, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (64%) and towns in England (62%). 47 state-funded schools are located in Huddersfield’s built-up area. Huddersfield grades C for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #76 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Ofsted is shown, not graded.
Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually get lower results. At Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School, 35% of pupils are on free school meals and 90% meet the expected standard; a typical school in England with that intake reaches 59%. Results and intake ↓
Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.
School Grade
Huddersfield grades C for schools
Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.
Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (57% meet the standard)Better than 26% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (44.3 and 40%)Better than 34% of towns in England
Each of Huddersfield’s 29 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)
Each of Huddersfield’s 8 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)
England’s average schoolKirklees’s average school
The primary figure: 31 primaries in the town, 4,948 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 8 secondaries in the town, 1,531 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.
Map
Where Huddersfield’s 47 state schools are
Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Huddersfield’s built-up area.
PrimarySecondary (named)Special, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table. The 8 secondaries are named.
Results and intake
Which schools do better than their intake suggests
Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.
Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals
Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals
The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 6% at Lindley Church of England Infant School to 64% at Christ Church CE Academy. Against schools with the same intake, Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School does best: 90% with 35% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 59%. 12 of 28 primaries and 4 of 8 secondaries are above the line.
Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.
Getting a place
How school places work in Huddersfield
Kirklees Council handles applications for every state school in Huddersfield, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 12 of Huddersfield’s 44 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 7 schools are at or over it.
Spring Grove Junior Infant incl. nursery113%
Our Lady of Lourdes incl. nursery111%
North Huddersfield Trust111%
Beaumont incl. nursery108%
Moor End105%
Lindley Junior104%
King James's100%
All Saints100%
Lindley100%
Moorlands100%
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Dalton incl. nursery99%
Royds Hall, A Share99%
Netherhall St James incl. nursery99%
Salendine Nook High99%
Reinwood Junior98%
Fixby Junior and Infant98%
St John's97%
St Patrick's95%
Paddock Junior Infant incl. nursery93%
Christ Church CE incl. nursery92%
St Thomas CE92%
Newsome92%
Hill View incl. nursery92%
Brambles91%
St Joseph's incl. nursery91%
Wellhouse Junior and Infant90%
Mount Pleasant incl. nursery90%
Birkby Junior90%
Birkby Infant incl. nursery90%
Newsome Junior90%
Moldgreen incl. nursery89%
Crow Lane and Foundation Stage89%
Ashbrow incl. nursery88%
Reinwood Infant incl. nursery88%
All Hallows'87%
Netherhall Learning Campus High86%
Lowerhouses incl. nursery86%
Hillside incl. nursery82%
Oak incl. nursery78%
Berry Brow Infant incl. nursery74%
Luck Lane, A Share74%
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior69%
Woodside Green, A Share incl. nursery50%
DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.
The schools
47 state schools in Huddersfield
Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.
Letters of Huddersfield’s schoolsA2B11C16D108 without a letter
Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.
Ofsted
Ofsted report cards
Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.
Outstanding 1Good 15Report card 7Requires improvement 3Ungraded inspection only 19No published grade 2
Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 7 of Huddersfield’s 47 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.
Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.
Run by
Schools
Pupils
Their letters
Heritage Multi Academy TrustSalendine Nook High, Moorlands, Lindley Junior, Reinwood Junior, Reinwood Infant, Spring Grove Junior Infant
6
3,438
A−B+B+B−A+
Impact Education Multi Academy TrustNewsome, Hill View, Newsome Junior, Berry Brow Infant, Manor Road
5
1,388
C−B−DB+
South Pennine AcademiesMoor End, Beaumont, Brambles, Hillside
4
2,418
B−CCC+
Share Multi Academy TrustRoyds Hall, A Share, Luck Lane, A Share, Woodside Green, A Share
3
1,351
C+B−D
Learning Accord Multi Academy TrustSt Thomas CE, Lindley, Lowerhouses
3
945
D−C−
Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy TrustSt Patrick's, St Joseph's, Our Lady of Lourdes
3
942
BC−C+
King James's SchoolKing James's
1
1,055
C
North Huddersfield TrustNorth Huddersfield Trust
1
995
D
Polaris Multi Academy TrustFixby Junior and Infant
1
307
B−
Enhance Academy TrustChrist Church CE
1
194
C−
Aspire Cooperative Learning TrustCrow Lane and Foundation Stage
1
186
D−
Together Learning TrustCastle Hill
1
130
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Kirklees CouncilAll Saints, Netherhall Learning Campus High, Mount Pleasant, Birkby Junior, Dalton, Birkby Infant, Ashbrow, Oak, Moldgreen, Paddock Junior Infant, Netherhall Learning Campus Junior, St John's, Netherhall St James, Woodley School and College, All Hallows', Southgate, Wellhouse Junior and Infant
17
6,548
B−DBC+CC−D−CC+DCDD
After 16
Where Huddersfield’s teenagers go at 16
In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.
1 of Huddersfield’s 8 state secondaries has a sixth form: Netherhall Learning Campus High. Kirklees College, a further-education college, is in the city. Greenhead College, a further-education college, is in the city. Huddersfield New College, a further-education college, is in the city.
Special schools and alternative provision in Huddersfield
Huddersfield has 3 special schools (Castle Hill, Southgate and Woodley School and College: 498 pupils). A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Kirklees Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑
Kirklees Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.
Towns its size
37th of 45 English towns and cities of 99,000 to 191,000
Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Huddersfield, and the top and bottom of the group.
Outlane has the best-graded schools nearby (A−). Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
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Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Huddersfield: 5% (England’s average school: 8%).
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Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
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Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
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Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
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Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
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Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
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Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.
Questions about schools in Huddersfield
Are schools in Huddersfield good?
Huddersfield’s state schools earn a C against schools across England: primary results beat 26% of towns in England; secondary results beat 34% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Kirklees council.
What is the best secondary school in Huddersfield?
On 2025/26 GCSE results, Salendine Nook High School: Attainment 8 of 52.6 and 56% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.
What is the best primary school in Huddersfield?
On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School: 90% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.
Do Huddersfield secondary schools have sixth forms?
1 of 8 do.
How do I apply for a school place in Huddersfield?
Through Kirklees Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).
How many schools in Huddersfield are full?
7 of 43 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.
How many state schools are in Huddersfield?
47 open state-funded schools are located in Huddersfield’s built-up area: 36 primary, 8 secondary and 3 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.
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 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
