King James's School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.55 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King James's 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 12 February 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
King James's 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 | 1.55 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 Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.55 miles from the school, the 9th shortest of the 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 220 first-choice applications for 206 offers; 206 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 47% in 2024/25 (England 45%), the 3rd 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
- St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,055 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils say that they are happy at this school.”
- “They have a trusted adult they can seek help and advice from.”
- “Pupils are confident that they will receive the support that they need.”
To improve
- “It is too soon to see the full impact of some of these newer initiatives.”
- “It is too soon to see the full impact of this.”
- “Pupils cannot fully articulate how this ‘golden knowledge’ links with and builds on their prior learning, which hinders how well they can make connections between their learning.”
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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.5 | 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: 220 first-preference applications, 206 offers in total, 206 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.
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Honley High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Huddersfield Trust School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmfirth High School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.6 mi Good Last distance published