Further education

Greenhead College

Mixed · ages 16–19Kirklees, Yorkshire and the Humber · Huddersfield HD1 4ESSchool website
Pupils on roll
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

Greenhead College is a 16–19 provider, so there is no Year 11 cohort: this page covers where its students went after 16–18 study and what they achieved.

Among the 1,452 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 66% went to university (Kirklees 42%, England 37%), and 44% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

A level grades average B-, above the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Greenhead College
Kirklees
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGreenhead CollegeKirkleesEngland
Students in the cohort1,4524,919541,441
Any sustained destination90%79%79%
University (higher education)66%42%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students44%20%19%
Further education3%6%5%
Apprenticeship6%9%7%
Employment14%21%28%
No sustained destination6%16%16%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureGreenhead CollegeKirkleesEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study2,781
— of whom A level students1,3462,368261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry37.5235.7135.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects21%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics53940%31%
Biology49637%20%
Chemistry47735%17%
Psychology32024%23%
Business Studies22817%13%
Physics20815%12%
Economics20115%13%
Law17413%4%
Sociology17213%13%
History17013%13%
Geography1249%10%
English Literature1018%11%
Computer Science987%5%
Further Mathematics846%5%
Art and Design766%1%
English Language695%4%
Physical Education604%3%
Politics574%6%
Classical Civilisation564%1%
Religious Studies484%4%
Mathematics (Statistics)453%0%
Spanish393%2%
English Language and Literature353%2%
Film Studies302%2%
French242%1%
Geology222%0%
Music Technology131%0%
Music111%0%
German91%0%
Drama60%2%
Punjabi0%
Chinese0%
Russian0%
Arabic0%
Turkish0%
Urdu0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)17413%
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3695%
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3443%
Medical ScienceVRQ Level 3423%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)141%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)141%
Music performance: GroupBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3
Applied SciencesBTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D*

Where Greenhead College is

Other secondary schools in Kirklees are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Kirklees’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Kirklees

BBG Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,049 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8

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.