Spen Valley High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Liversedge, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.11 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Spen Valley High School is a secondary school in Liversedge, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Spen Valley 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 | 2.11 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
- For 2026 Year 7, the last child offered a place lived 2.11 miles away, the 10th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 Year 7 there were 167 first-choice applications for 179 offers: 159 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 24% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Roberttown Lane, Liversedge, WF15 7LX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 958 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and cared for at this warm and supportive school.”
- “They know that leaders and staff will try to get to know and understand them as individuals.”
- “Pupils value the restorative and supportive approaches that staff use.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “This means that they miss out on learning and do not achieve as well as they should by the time they leave school.”
- “However, this is not yet consistent across the school.”
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) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.7 | 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: 167 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 159 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.
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 1.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westborough High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- BBG Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published