# Newsome Academy

Newsome Academy is a secondary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 824 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E147888. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 824
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 147888

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 6 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Newsome Academy was 39.9, against 46.0 in Kirklees and 46.2 in England.
28.4% 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 | 39.9 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28.4% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48.6% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 148 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Newsome Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newsome-junior-academy-e150570): 10 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Castle Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-hill-school-e142420): 210 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/berry-brow-infant-and-nursery-academy-e150568): 460 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2023, before the school changed
- [Hillside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hillside-primary-school-e147629): 870 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fable House](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fable-house-e152466): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Mount Pleasant Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mount-pleasant-primary-school-e130925): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147888)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147888)

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