Holmfirth High School
Secondary schoolHolmfirth High School is a secondary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,328 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), June 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Holmfirth High School was 56.2, against 46.0 in Kirklees and 46.2 in England.
69.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 56.2 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69.3% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83.9% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 261 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- New Mill Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024600 m
- New Mill Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Netherthong Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade1.8 km
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Kirklees
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).