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King James's School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield HD4 6SG · 01484 412990
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.55 mi
- 2.50 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,055
- 5 over 1,050 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- King James's School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.55 mi (2.50 km) from the school. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 220 families put the school first and 206 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 206 | 220 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 207 | 197 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 213 | 233 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 213 | 195 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 207 | 221 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.55 mi2.50 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.5, and 47.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 46.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲50.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.57 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.3 | +1.8 |
| Sixth form college | 48.3 | −12.4 |
| Further education | 28.9 | +4.5 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 10.9 | +5.4 |
| Employment | 1.4 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.2 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | +0.9 |
Ofsted
King James's School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (99 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 99
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (23%) with SEND