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Newsome Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Castle Avenue, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6JN · newsomeacademy.co.uk · 01484 516712
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- 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
- 824
- 92% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 47.5%
- First language not English
- 27.4%
- 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, 118 families put the school first and 136 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 | 136 | 118 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 149 | 117 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 154 | 115 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 179 | 101 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 130 | 83 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 45.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲57.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.02 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107761)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.6 | +0.4 |
| Sixth form college | 34.5 | +5.5 |
| Further education | 48.9 | −1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | −1.8 |
| Employment | 1.4 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.5 | −1.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | +1.3 |
Ofsted
Newsome Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107761), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107761)
Apr 2016Requires 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107761)
Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107761)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 40
- 5% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied