All Saints Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Community school
Holmfirth High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,328of 1,330 places
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 261
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 20 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Holmfirth High School has no sixth form. Of the 261 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 60% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 60% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 75% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kirklees and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Holmfirth High School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 261 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 60% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Holmfirth High School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 58.6 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 75% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 21% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.84 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.7 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 61.2 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 22% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 257 | 98% | 88% | 39% | 22% | 89% |
| English Language | 256 | 98% | 89% | 48% | 20% | 91% |
| English Literature | 256 | 98% | 86% | 46% | 21% | 91% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 58% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 71% |
| Business Studies | 124 | 48% | 18% | 49% | 20% | 87% |
| Physics | 102 | 39% | 23% | 53% | 46% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 102 | 39% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 101 | 39% | 23% | 54% | 45% | 98% |
| History | 94 | 36% | 41% | 44% | 26% | 80% |
| Geography | 94 | 36% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 82% |
| Physical Education | 85 | 33% | 11% | 48% | 24% | 94% |
| Applied Engineering | 63 | 24% | 0% | 3% | 18% | 49% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 57 | 22% | 8% | 47% | 21% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 52 | 20% | 11% | 31% | 23% | 87% |
| Religious Studies | 48 | 18% | 31% | 48% | 32% | 85% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 16% | 9% | 43% | 28% | 98% |
| Computer Science | 39 | 15% | 13% | 26% | 30% | 74% |
| Photography | 38 | 15% | 6% | 26% | 19% | 87% |
| Spanish | 35 | 13% | 19% | 54% | 27% | 97% |
| German | 33 | 13% | 5% | 45% | 33% | 100% |
| French | 29 | 11% | 18% | 48% | 29% | 90% |
| Music | 27 | 10% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 85% |
| Drama | 15 | 6% | 7% | 27% | 27% | 87% |
| Dance | 8 | 3% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 75% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty Care / Services | 22 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Kirklees
Batley Girls' High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Batley Grammar School
Free schools · 980 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
BBG Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,049 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
Castle Hall Academy
Academy converter · 863 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Colne Valley High School
Academy sponsor led · 1,360 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.