North Huddersfield Trust School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Kirklees
Woodhouse Hall Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1DJ
50
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.5%
27.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
995
Capacity used
Over capacity111%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
141 of 141 families who put it first got an offer
169
Places offered
251
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 141 | 141 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 62 | 11 | ● 18% |
| 3rd preference | 48 | 3 | ● 6% |
| Total | 251 | 155 | 62% |
1st preference success by year
Kirklees lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Andrew Fell
- Address
- Woodhouse Hall Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1DJ
- Phone
- 01484452100
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward / constituency
- Ashbrow · Huddersfield
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136502
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 53% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 36% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The North Huddersfield Trust
995 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
12 May 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,079 pupils
Attendance
90.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 35.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 24% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.92 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 25.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 42.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.84 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 198 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 202 | 8% | 33% | 50% | |
| Mathematics | 198 | 10% | 27% | 47% | |
| English Language | 198 | 10% | 31% | 49% | |
| Combined Science | 146 | 5% | 15% | 29% | |
| Social Studies | 61 | 11% | 34% | 43% | |
| History | 59 | 8% | 39% | 47% | |
| Art and Design | 59 | 14% | 37% | 51% | |
| Biology | 50 | 32% | 54% | 76% | |
| Physics | 50 | 18% | 42% | 58% | |
| Chemistry | 50 | 34% | 46% | 70% | |
| Physical Education | 42 | 7% | 36% | 48% | |
| Geography | 37 | 19% | 46% | 51% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kirklees council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.