OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
5 March 2025
Latest published outcome
Standards maintained
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Kirklees
Trust
SHARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,228
1,228 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
585
47.6% of pupils
Male pupils
643
52.4% of pupils
1.0 pts
above England
School
25.8%
Kirklees
27.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
27.7%
England
24.8%
15.2 pts
below England
School
5.1%
Kirklees
22.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber
17.9%
England
20.3%
0.3 pts
above England
School
1.3%
Kirklees
0.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber
0.4%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White British
85.5%
1,050
Any other White background
2.6%
32
White and Black Caribbean
2.0%
25
Any other Mixed background
0.9%
11
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
21.8%
268 of
1,228 pupils
1.0 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber
20.9%
SEN support
19.9%
244 pupils
England
14.8%
5.1 pts
above
EHC plans
2.0%
24 pupils
England
6.0%
4.1 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
97
Specific learning difficulty
63
Moderate learning difficulty
37
Autistic spectrum disorder
20
No specialist assessment yet
14
Speech, language & communication
13
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.44%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.23 pts
higher than
England
School
7.44%
Kirklees
6.10%
Yorkshire and The Humber
6.13%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
22.57%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
6.76 pts
higher than
England
School
22.57%
Kirklees
15.51%
Yorkshire and The Humber
15.55%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.93%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.12 pts
higher than
England
School
2.93%
Kirklees
1.53%
Yorkshire and The Humber
1.77%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
98.2%
5.9 pts
above England
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
98.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber
91.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.