Salendine Nook High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.55 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Salendine Nook High School is a secondary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Salendine Nook 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 | 0.55 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.55 miles away, the shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 329 first-choice applications for 263 offers; 249 offers went to first-choice families and 80 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest 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
- New Hey Road, Huddersfield, HD3 4GN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Salendine Nook High School Academy is a caring school, where every pupil is expected to do their best.”
- “They move around the school in a calm and purposeful way.”
- “Pupils can concentrate in class because low-level disruption is rare.”
To improve
- “However, in some instances, the school does not always ensure that their high standards for presentation of work are applied consistently.”
- “For example, some pupils’ work is difficult to read.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.9 | 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: 329 first-preference applications, 263 offers in total, 249 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.
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Colne Valley High School 2.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- North Huddersfield Trust School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Honley High School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published