Colne Valley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 19 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kirklees
Unique reference
140660
Address
Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite, HD7 5SP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1436 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.6%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 1.6%
Unclassified 0.8%
African 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE60
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
Design & TechnologyGCSE90
English LanguageGCSE282
English LiteratureGCSE276
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE57
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Colne Valley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
283
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
288
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
281
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
286
146
140
Year 8
287
139
148
Year 9
286
143
143
Year 10
292
156
136
Year 11
285
131
154
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
27.0%
31.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
4.0%
17.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
48.0%
36.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
4.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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