All Saints Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
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Joseph Norton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 62of 80 places
- Free school meals
- 67.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 11
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 12 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Nortonthorpe Hall School (URN 107804, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Joseph Norton Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
22% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 11% went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 | Joseph Norton Academy | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 56% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 11% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 22% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 11% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Joseph Norton Academy | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.3 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 9% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.18 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 82% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 11 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 9% |
| English Language | 10 | 91% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| Citizenship Studies | 4 | 36% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Biology | 3 | 27% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
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.