Community special school

Southgate School

Mixed · ages 4–16 · no sixth formKirklees, Yorkshire and the Humber · Huddersfield HD5 8TGSchool website
Pupils on roll
182of 164 places
Free school meals
53.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
22
Ofsted
School remains Good, 1 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Southgate School has no sixth form. Of the 20 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

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.

Southgate School
Kirklees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSouthgate SchoolKirkleesEngland
Pupils in the cohort205,003607,348
Any sustained destination85%92%92%
Stayed in education85%85%86%
— school sixth form0%16%34%
— sixth form college0%33%13%
— further education college50%35%37%
— other education35%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown10%3%3%

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.