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Schools in Kirklees
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Batley Grammar School (IND, SEL) 96 85 1022.3 343.9
Moor End Technology College 57 33 1018.9 NA
Westborough High School 42 29 1018.4 NA
Heckmondwike Grammar School (SEL) 99 97 1018 373.6
Holmfirth High School 71 57 1006 NA
Castle Hall School 58 50 996.1 NA
Shelley College, A Specialist Centre For Science 63 51 996 273.8
Salendine Nook High School 58 47 993.1 NA
King James's School 60 41 990.6 NA
Howden Clough Girls' High School and Sixth Form Centre 35 26 990 199
Royds Hall High School 47 26 987.2 NA
Honley High School 52 45 986.9 NA
St John Fisher Catholic High School 52 41 985.9 277.6
Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form, The 47 38 984.3 234.4
Batley High School for Boys 34 32 977.1 NA
Fartown High School 27 12 977 NA
Almondbury High School and Language College 38 33 975.9 NA
Colne Valley High School 53 49 975.2 NA
Zakaria Muslim Girls' High School (IND) 38 34 972.9 NA
Whitcliffe Mount C School 40 30 972.2 202.4
Community Science College at Thornhill, The 30 15 969.8 NA
Newsome High School and Sports College 42 28 967.5 NA
All Saints Catholic High School 43 31 964 200.5
Earlsheaton Techonology College 39 22 962.6 NA
Spen Valley Sports College 23 18 953.1 NA
Rawthorpe High School 20 8 944.4 NA
Birkdale High School 11 8 941.6 NA
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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