North Huddersfield Trust School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.86 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
North Huddersfield Trust School is a secondary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 May 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
North Huddersfield Trust 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 | 3.86 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
- 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered, 3.86 miles, was the 7th longest of the 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 131 first-choice applications for 175 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 44 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 52.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 46.5% across 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
- Woodhouse Hall Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1DJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 995 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending North Huddersfield Trust School.”
- “They are proud of their diverse school community.”
- “Pupils get along well and respect each other.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “They have taken action to improve the quality of teaching, but know there is still more to do.”
- “Leaders know there is more to do to support pupils with the lowest levels of attendance.”
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) | 26% | 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: 131 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 131 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.
- All Saints Catholic College 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- King James's School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Salendine Nook High School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 3.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published