Honley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 14 2023 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
146906
Address
Station Road, Honley, HD9 6QJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1283 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.8%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.5%
Mixed 8.6%
Pakistani 3.9%
African 2.5%
Other White 2.3%
Indian 1.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.5
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.53
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE86
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE86
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Honley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
342
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
3
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
265
136
129
Year 8
257
127
130
Year 9
253
132
121
Year 10
251
123
128
Year 11
257
124
133
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
60.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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