Newsome Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
20.01 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newsome Academy is a secondary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Newsome Academy 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 | 20.01 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 20.01 miles away, 2nd longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.16 miles).
- The Year 7 last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026: 118 first-choice applications for 136 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 18 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th 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
- Castle Avenue, Newsome, Huddersfield, HD4 6JN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 824 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “To be a pupil at this school is to be part of a caring, close-knit family.”
- “Staff and pupils form strong relationships that underpin the school’s work.”
- “They are nurtured to achieve their full potential.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that some areas of the curriculum are more developed than others.”
- “The school is taking steps to improve the consistency of SEND provision across the full curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 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: 118 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 118 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 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Honley High School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- King James's School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colne Valley High School 2.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 2.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Salendine Nook High School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Huddersfield Trust School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published