# Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy

Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy is a secondary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,228 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E149162. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,228
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 149162

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 5 March 2025
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 Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy was 45.7, against 46.0 in Kirklees and 46.2 in England.
48% 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 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.3% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 248 | – | – |

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.

- [Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heaton-avenue-a-share-primary-academy-e141904): 270 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-e136511): 370 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Howard Park Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-park-community-school-e107671): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-bank-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107684): 1.5 km. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hightown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hightown-primary-school-e152495): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed
- [Scholes Village Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scholes-village-primary-school-e107674): 1.9 km. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 50% 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/149162)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149162)

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