North Huddersfield Trust School

About North Huddersfield Trust School

North Huddersfield Trust School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its last graded inspection. However, the school’s Progress 8 score of -0.35 tells a more complicated story, placing it in the ‘Below average’ banding nationally. This means that, on average, pupils achieve roughly a third of a grade less per subject than their peers across England. The school ranks 20th out of 24 secondary schools in Kirklees on this measure, well below the local authority average Progress 8 score of 0.07. The Attainment 8 score of 35.3 reflects the total grades achieved across eight key subjects, and just 41.4% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, with only 24.2% reaching the stronger grade 5 threshold. The school’s Ebacc average point score of 2.92 and low Ebacc entry rate of 20.4% suggest a relatively narrow academic curriculum, though the most recent Ofsted inspection noted that the school remains Good overall.

The school’s exam results tell a mixed story. While the overall Progress 8 score is negative, the breakdown shows that the ‘Open’ element — covering non-Ebacc qualifications — is the strongest at -0.17, while maths (-0.46) and English (-0.42) are weaker. The Ebacc element sits at -0.4, and only 10.2% of pupils achieved the Ebacc at grade 4 or above. Nationally, the school ranks 2345th out of 3141 schools on Progress 8, placing it in the bottom half of schools. In Yorkshire and the Humber, it ranks 215th out of 306. The school’s Ofsted report from 2022, which was an ungraded inspection, confirmed that it remains Good, and the leadership and management were also rated Good. The previous graded inspection had already upgraded the school from Requires Improvement to Good, so the current rating has been held across two inspection cycles.

North Huddersfield Trust School is an 11-16 mixed secondary with no sixth form, and it is significantly oversubscribed: for 2025/26, it received 251 applications for 169 places, with 141 first-preference offers made. The school serves a high-needs community, with 52.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Facilities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, music rooms, art studios, and science labs, and the school offers a wide range of sports from rowing to martial arts. Its SEND provisions are comprehensive, covering dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and physical disabilities. For families in Kirklees, this is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and remains popular locally, but the academic outcomes data suggests it may be better suited to families prioritising pastoral support and a broad extracurricular offer over top-tier exam results.

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