All Saints Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Academy sponsor led
Colne Valley High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,360of 1,447 places
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 294
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong, 22 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Colne Valley High School (URN 107766, until 7 March 2014).
What the data says
Colne Valley High School has no sixth form. Of the 262 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 42% moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 42% 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%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 11% 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 | Colne Valley High School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 262 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 42% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 30% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Colne Valley High School | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.4 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.2 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.9 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 289 | 98% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 67% |
| English Language | 288 | 98% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 274 | 93% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 229 | 78% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 52% |
| History | 122 | 41% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 64% |
| Design and Technology | 116 | 39% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 63% |
| Geography | 101 | 34% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 27% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 48% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 58 | 20% | 8% | 34% | 21% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 18% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 52 | 18% | 23% | 31% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 52 | 18% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 50 | 17% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 50% |
| Spanish | 49 | 17% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 59% |
| French | 44 | 15% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 52% |
| Computer Science | 43 | 15% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 51% |
| Physical Education | 21 | 7% | 11% | 33% | 24% | 71% |
| Drama | 17 | 6% | 7% | 24% | 27% | 59% |
| Music | 10 | 3% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 60% |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 47 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 38 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 25 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
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
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.