Honley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Kirklees
Station Road, Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.9%
21.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,240
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,285 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
193 of 193 families who put it first got an offer
205
Places offered
617
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 193 | 193 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 316 | 6 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 107 | 6 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 617 | 205 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
Kirklees lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Elizabeth Lord
- Address
- Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
- Phone
- 01484506484
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward / constituency
- Holme Valley North · Colne Valley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146906
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST
1,240 pupils · 1,285 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
14 December 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,324 pupils
Attendance
90.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.57 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 55.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 25% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 252 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 249 | 28% | 63% | 83% | |
| English Language | 249 | 19% | 60% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 245 | 19% | 61% | 76% | |
| Combined Science | 179 | 11% | 50% | 70% | |
| History | 141 | 29% | 55% | 64% | |
| Spanish | 90 | 32% | 71% | 84% | |
| Social Studies | 66 | 2% | 39% | 59% | |
| Biology | 63 | 68% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 63 | 71% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 63 | 86% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 63 | 27% | 67% | 78% | |
| Art and Design | 61 | 34% | 80% | 93% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kirklees council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.