GCSE results 2026

Kirklees GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 25 state secondary schools in Kirklees, 5,179 pupils. Kirklees ranks 76 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

47.7%

0.1 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

14.8%

0.1 pts above England

Attainment 8

46.9

0.7 points below England

Council rank

76 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Kirklees at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Heckmondwike Grammar School (78.9); highest non-selective: Holmfirth High School (56.2).
Schools range from 34.9 to 78.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 44.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.7, 16.4 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Heckmondwike Grammar School (76.2).
Kirklees has 1 grammar school, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Kirklees.
Most improved on 2025: BBG Academy, up 4.2 points to 51.0.

Every Kirklees secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Heckmondwike Grammar SchoolGrammar	207	78.9	−1.3	100.0%	99.5%	78.3%	76.2
2	Holmfirth High SchoolTop 10% three years running	261	56.2	−2.4	83.9%	69.3%	28.0%	41.0
3	Honley High School	250	54.8	+4.2	81.6%	69.6%	20.8%	39.4
4	Salendine Nook High School Academy	279	52.6	+1.7	75.3%	55.9%	16.5%	40.6
5	Shelley College, A Share Academy	353	51.8	+0.5	77.1%	59.2%	17.8%	34.0
6	BBG Academy	207	51.0	+4.2	75.4%	56.0%	20.8%	35.7
7	Manor Croft Academy	201	47.9	+0.1	67.7%	53.2%	16.9%	37.3
8	All Saints Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	180	47.2	+2.3	59.4%	40.6%	14.4%	38.7
9	Moor End Academy	209	46.4	+0.5	63.6%	44.5%	10.0%	42.2
10	Royds Hall, A Share Academy	164	45.7	−1.1	64.6%	40.9%	14.0%	38.6
11	Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy	248	45.7	+3.0	67.3%	48.0%	14.1%	30.2
12	Batley Girls' High SchoolGirls	232	45.2	−1.7	58.6%	37.5%	10.3%	38.2
13	Castle Hall Academy	144	45.1	−1.8	69.4%	46.5%	10.4%	41.6
14	Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy	175	45.1	+1.5	62.3%	44.6%	9.7%	37.3
15	Batley Grammar School	151	43.5	−2.0	66.9%	43.7%	9.9%	38.8
16	The Mirfield Free Grammar	241	43.5	−4.3	62.7%	45.2%	6.2%	37.4
17	Upper Batley High SchoolBoys	147	43.4	−0.7	62.6%	42.9%	6.8%	33.0
18	King James's School	208	43.3	−5.2	59.6%	37.0%	6.3%	32.7
19	Westborough High School	180	42.1	−0.5	53.9%	37.2%	6.1%	36.8
20	Colne Valley High School	277	40.8	−1.6	57.4%	38.6%	8.7%	26.1
21	Newsome Academy	148	39.9	−4.2	48.6%	28.4%	6.1%	33.1
22	Netherhall Learning Campus High School	135	36.7	−4.3	39.3%	25.9%	4.4%	33.4
23	North Huddersfield Trust School	208	36.3	+0.6	45.7%	30.8%	3.8%	32.6
24	Spen Valley High School	190	36.3	+0.6	43.7%	27.9%	4.7%	23.1
25	St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	184	34.9	+0.1	41.8%	28.3%	5.4%	26.2
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Kirklees against the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.