Best Secondary Schools in Dewsbury

We checked all 7 secondary schools in Dewsbury, Kirklees, and list every one: 4 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
7
Ranked
4
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Dewsbury. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Dewsbury also has 21 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kirklees. Kirklees also has rankings for Huddersfield and all of Kirklees.

Ranked secondary schools in Dewsbury

  1. 1

    Manor Croft Academy

    Academy, 1,032 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.8%

  2. 2

    Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy

    Academy, 902 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.1%

  3. 3

    Westborough High School

    Local authority maintained, 900 pupils, inspected January 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    36%

  4. 4

    St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 992 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Attainment 8
    34.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    25.3%

Secondary schools in Dewsbury without a rank