Westborough High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.14 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westborough High School is a secondary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 June 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Westborough High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.14 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.14 miles away, the 11th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.16 miles).
- Year 7 in 2026 had 132 first-choice applications for 175 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 43 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stockhill Street, Dewsbury, WF13 2JE
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 900 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils start their day at Westborough High School ready to learn.”
- “Some pupils choose to arrive earlier to attend ‘early kick off’, the school’s breakfast and boardgames club.”
- “Pupils' attendance is improving.”
To improve
- “At social times, some pupil interactions can be livelier.”
- “The school's approaches to providing feedback are not yet fully embedded across all subjects.”
- “Some pupils, such as those who speak English as an additional language, do not always have the breadth of vocabulary needed to access the curriculum fully.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 132 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 132 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Croft Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 2.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published