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Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Turnsteads Avenue, Cleckheaton BD19 3AQ · whitcliffemount.co.uk · 01274 851152
On the mapSearch near BD19 3AQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,228
- 98% of 1,250 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 255 families put the school first and 249 places were offered; 90% 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 | 249 | 255 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 247 | 220 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 246 | 235 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 249 | 211 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 248 | 256 | 1▲ | 87% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 44.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●62.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲59.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.89 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107780)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.7 | +9 |
| Sixth form college | 22.1 | +1.9 |
| Further education | 48.3 | +0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6 | −3.5 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5 | −3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.3 | −2.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107780), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107780)
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107780)
May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107780)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (207 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 207
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 62 parents (30%) with SEND