Batley Girls' High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Voluntary aided school
All Saints Catholic College
- Pupils on roll
- 899of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 177
- Ofsted
- Good, 2 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
All Saints Catholic College has no sixth form. Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 49% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 49% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.9 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kirklees and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | All Saints Catholic College | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 179 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 49% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | All Saints Catholic College | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.9 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.2 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 22% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 175 | 99% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 175 | 99% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 66% |
| English Literature | 173 | 98% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 170 | 96% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 126 | 71% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 78 | 44% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 66 | 37% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 56% |
| Biology | 47 | 27% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 46 | 26% | 23% | 15% | 47% | 91% |
| Physics | 46 | 26% | 23% | 17% | 46% | 85% |
| Photography | 45 | 25% | 6% | 18% | 19% | 93% |
| Art and Design | 35 | 20% | 7% | 3% | 24% | 69% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 28 | 16% | 8% | 7% | 21% | 50% |
| Spanish | 26 | 15% | 19% | 27% | 27% | 73% |
| Drama | 23 | 13% | 7% | 22% | 27% | 91% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 9% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 50% |
| 3D Design | 12 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 42% |
| Music | 12 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| Polish | 11 | 6% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 46 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Kirklees
Batley Grammar School
Free schools · 980 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
BBG Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,049 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
Castle Hall Academy
Academy converter · 863 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Colne Valley High School
Academy sponsor led · 1,360 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,522 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 80.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.