Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cleckheaton, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.16 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy is a secondary school in Cleckheaton, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share 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 | 2.16 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 2.16 miles away, the middle figure of the 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 255 first-choice applications for 249 offers; 230 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.7 (England 46).
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
- Turnsteads Avenue, Cleckheaton, BD19 3AQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils recognise the improvements the school continues to make.”
- “This is particularly so for older pupils, who can see improvement over time.”
To improve
- “The school identifies that improving the progress and attendance of some disadvantaged pupils is a key priority.”
- “However, some strategies are still embedding and are yet to have the desired impact.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.7 | 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: 255 first-preference applications, 249 offers in total, 230 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.
- Spen Valley High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- BBG Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 2.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Batley Girls' High School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published