Honley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.58 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Honley High School is a secondary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Honley 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 | 5.58 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
- At 5.58 miles, the 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 5th longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle 2.16 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2019; it has swung sharply, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 238 first-choice applications for 243 offers; 234 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 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
- Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders ensure that all pupils can flourish at Honley High School.”
- “They provide pupils with a high-quality education in a learning environment where pupils’ achievements are regularly recognised and praised.”
- “Pupils are taught effectively and they work hard in lessons.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, there are aspects of the curriculum that are being refined and are not fully embedded.”
- “For example, in science, leaders are in the process of mapping out with greater precision how pupils will develop their practical knowledge and skills over time.”
- “In English, the key stage 4 curriculum is being refined to clarify what knowledge pupils should acquire and when in order to further deepen pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 2024 (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) | 50.6 | 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: 238 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 234 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.
- Newsome Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmfirth High School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King James's School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colne Valley High School 2.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 3.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Salendine Nook High School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published