Academy converter · Secondary
Holmfirth · HD9 6QJ · Kirklees
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 107769
Holmfirth High School
Community school · Holmfirth · HD9 7SE
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,328
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Holmfirth, Kirklees, 1,328 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 107769
Location
- Address
- Heys Road, Thongsbridge
- Postcode
- HD9 7SE
- Town
- Holmfirth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,328
- Boys / girls
- 653 / 675
- School capacity
- 1,330
- Capacity fill
- 1,328 / 1,330 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- FSM pupils
- 234
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Stitchman
- Telephone
- 01484691460
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-06-20
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 55.3
- Progress 8
- 0.7
- English & maths grade 5+
- 66%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 82%
- EBacc entry
- 27%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7