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Honley High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth HD9 6QJ · honleyhigh.co.uk · 01484 506484
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 50.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 5.58 mi
- 8.98 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,240
- 96% of 1,285 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- First language not English
- 5.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 5.58 mi (8.98 km) from the school. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 243 places were offered; 98% 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 | 243 | 238 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 193 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 239 | 216 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 256 | 203 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 248 | 229 | 0.9 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5.58 mi8.98 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.6, and 55.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲50.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲55.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲78.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼25.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.43 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107763)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.5 | −0.4 |
| Sixth form college | 54.7 | +4.5 |
| Further education | 27.2 | +2.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.5 | −5.5 |
| Employment | 2.4 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | −1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | +0.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Honley High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107763), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107763)
Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107763)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (229 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 229
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 41 parents (18%) with SEND