Best Secondary Schools in Huddersfield

We checked all 12 secondary schools in Huddersfield, Kirklees, and list every one: 10 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
12
Ranked
10
Without a rank
2

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 Huddersfield. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Huddersfield also has 66 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 Dewsbury and all of Kirklees.

Ranked secondary schools in Huddersfield

  1. 1

    Shelley College, A Share Academy

    Academy, 1,274 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    51.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59.6%

  2. 2

    Moor End Academy

    Academy, 1,053 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    45.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    44.9%

  3. 2

    Salendine Nook High School

    Academy, 1,419 pupils, inspected February 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.6%

  4. 4

    King James's School

    Academy, 1,055 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    48.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    47.1%

  5. 5

    Royds Hall, A Share Academy

    Academy, 853 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    43%

  6. 6

    Newsome Academy

    Academy, 824 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    45.5%

  7. 7

    All Saints Catholic College

    Local authority maintained, 899 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.9%

  8. 8

    Colne Valley High School

    Academy, 1,360 pupils, inspected September 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    34%

  9. 9

    North Huddersfield Trust School

    Local authority maintained, 995 pupils, inspected April 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    25.8%

  10. 10

    Netherhall Learning Campus High School

    Local authority maintained, 823 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    41.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.6%

Secondary schools in Huddersfield without a rank