# Spen Valley High School

Spen Valley High School is a secondary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 958 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E107778. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Foundation school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 958
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 107778

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 2 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
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 Spen Valley High School was 36.3, against 46.0 in Kirklees and 46.2 in England.
27.9% 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 | 36.3 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.9% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43.7% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 190 | – | – |

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.

- [Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/headlands-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107723): 500 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norristhorpe-junior-and-infant-school-e107685): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Roberttown CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roberttown-cofe-primary-school-e152304): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024, before the school changed
- [Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millbridge-a-share-primary-academy-e141688): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/littletown-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107670): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hollybank School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollybank-school-e107796): 1.5 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, March 2024

## 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/107778)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/107778)

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