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Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
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King James's School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,055of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 29.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 210
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 12 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King James's School (URN 107754, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
King James's School has no sixth form. Of the 191 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 55% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 55% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 61% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | King James's School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 191 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 55% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | King James's School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.5 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 51% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.57 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.4 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.2 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 208 | 99% | 89% | 24% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 207 | 99% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 76% |
| English Literature | 206 | 98% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 72% |
| History | 156 | 74% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 72% |
| Biology | 129 | 61% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 128 | 61% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 128 | 61% | 23% | 28% | 47% | 93% |
| Combined Science | 75 | 36% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 29% |
| Spanish | 58 | 28% | 19% | 28% | 27% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 57 | 27% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 58% |
| Geography | 50 | 24% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 84% |
| French | 48 | 23% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 92% |
| Sociology | 28 | 13% | 4% | 25% | 21% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 12% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 76% |
| Photography | 25 | 12% | 6% | 20% | 19% | 56% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 10% | 9% | 29% | 28% | 76% |
| Textiles | 19 | 9% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 47% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Music | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 65 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 39 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Kirklees
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Castle Hall Academy
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Colne Valley High School
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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
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.