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Colne Valley High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5SP · thecvhs.co.uk · 01484 848680
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,360
- 94% of 1,447 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 194 families put the school first and 218 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 218 | 194 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 257 | 242 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 283 | 288 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 285 | 285 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 282 | 281 | 1 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 34% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼29.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.67 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.2 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 41.9 | −6.4 |
| Further education | 34.9 | +8.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 9.2 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
Colne Valley High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Some aspects not as strong.
- Outcome
- Some aspects not as strong
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
28% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (532 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 28%
- Replies
- 532
- 37% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 122 parents (23%) with SEND