Community special school

Ravenshall School

Mixed · ages 5–19 · with sixth formKirklees, Yorkshire and the Humber · Dewsbury WF12 9EESchool website
Pupils on roll
212of 200 places
Free school meals
57.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 21 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ravenshall School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Ravenshall School’s own sixth form (Kirklees average 16%), 50% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

Ravenshall School
Kirklees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRavenshall SchoolKirkleesEngland
Pupils in the cohort185,003607,348
Any sustained destination89%92%92%
Stayed in education89%85%86%
— school sixth form0%16%34%
— sixth form college0%33%13%
— further education college50%35%37%
— other education39%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown11%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Kirklees

BBG Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,049 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8

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.