Colne Valley High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.51 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colne Valley High School is a secondary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Colne 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 | 4.51 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 Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.51 miles away, the 6th longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026: 194 first-choice applications for 218 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 24 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% 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
- Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5SP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,360 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Staff care about the pupils at the school.”
- “Many staff form positive relationships with pupils.”
- “Most pupils enjoy attending school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievement does not match these high expectations.”
- “Published outcomes show that pupils’ achievement is below national averages and has declined over time.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils achieve significantly lower outcomes than their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.4 | 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: 194 first-preference applications, 218 offers in total, 194 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.
- Moor End Academy 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Salendine Nook High School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Honley High School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holmfirth High School 4.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 4.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- King James's School 4.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published