All Saints Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Academy sponsor led
Manor Croft Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,032of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 197
- Ofsted
- Good, 8 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Earlsheaton Technology College (URN 107776, until 29 November 2012).
What the data says
Manor Croft Academy has no sixth form. Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 16% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 55% 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 | Manor Croft Academy | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 173 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 16% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Manor Croft Academy | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.8 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.3 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.0 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 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 | 190 | 96% | 89% | 33% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 189 | 96% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 77% |
| English Literature | 188 | 95% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 123 | 62% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 64% |
| History | 91 | 46% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 75% |
| French | 71 | 36% | 18% | 45% | 29% | 100% |
| Geography | 70 | 36% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 77% |
| Photography | 58 | 29% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 95% |
| Biology | 55 | 28% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 54 | 27% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 54 | 27% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 100% |
| Textiles | 38 | 19% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 84% |
| Fine Art | 31 | 16% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 81% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 15% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 53% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 7% | 13% | 43% | 30% | 93% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 42 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 36 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 9 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Kirklees
Batley Girls' High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
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
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.