All Saints Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 899 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
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Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 902of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 34.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 168
- Ofsted
- Good, 22 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Thornhill Community Academy (URN 138959, until 31 August 2018).
What the data says
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy has no sixth form. Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Geography is unusually popular at GCSE: 77% of the year group took it, against 41% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 155 | 5,003 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.6 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 58% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 | 4.06 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.9 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.1 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 46% | 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 | 168 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 65% |
| English Language | 168 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 68% |
| English Literature | 167 | 99% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 71% |
| Geography | 129 | 77% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 40% |
| Combined Science | 114 | 68% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 37% |
| Physics | 53 | 32% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 89% |
| Biology | 53 | 32% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 53 | 32% | 23% | 26% | 47% | 94% |
| Urdu | 50 | 30% | 1% | 18% | 42% | 66% |
| History | 47 | 28% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 55% |
| French | 33 | 20% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 73% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 15% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 13% | 13% | 9% | 30% | 50% |
| Spanish | 19 | 11% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 10% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 71% |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 53 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 34 | — | — |
| Tourism | 22 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
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.