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King James's School

URN
138706
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
King James's School
URN
138706
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

71 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

69

Inspection

75

Admissions Value

76

Destinations

55

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#7 of 24 schools in Kirklees

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework

A more recent ungraded monitoring visit was published on 1 April 2025: Standards maintained. The outcomes below are from the latest full graded inspection.

Full inspection published
2 December 2019
Inspection date
5 November 2019
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

207

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

335

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

206

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.62×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kirklees
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Kirklees)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.kingjames.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Kirklees to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

48.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

47.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

69.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

50.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

HD4 6SG - St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Postcode
HD4 6SG
Phone
1484412990
Website
www.kingjames.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kirklees
Local authority code
382

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 388 schools in Kirklees.

Authority statistics

Total schools

388

Open schools

202

Closed schools

186

Primary schools

259

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 2 December 2019

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    1 April 202512 February 2025-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 1 April 2025
    2 December 20195 November 2019S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 2 December 2019
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      1 April 2025
      Inspected
      12 February 2025
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      2 December 2019
      Inspected
      5 November 2019
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    61.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 197

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    31.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    84.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    10.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    5.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary259 (68.0%)
    • Secondary49 (12.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other73 (19.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    King James's School0 mSecondaryClosed
    All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School642 mPrimaryOpen
    Southgate School793 mNot applicableOpen
    Almondbury Junior School818 mPrimaryClosed
    Almondbury Community School1.0 kmAll-throughClosed
    Greenside Infant and Nursery School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Hill View Academy1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Rosemeade School1.4 kmNot applicableClosed
    Lowerhouses CofE Primary School1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School1.6 kmPrimaryClosed
    • King James's School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School
      Distance
      642 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Southgate School
      Distance
      793 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Almondbury Junior School
      Distance
      818 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Kirklees)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Saints Catholic CollegeSecondaryHD2 2JTOpen
    Batley Girls' High SchoolSecondaryWF17 0LDOpen
    Batley Girls' High School - Visual Arts CollegeSecondaryWF17 0LDClosed
    BBG AcademySecondaryBD19 4BEOpen
    Birkdale High SchoolSecondaryWF13 4JBClosed
    • All Saints Catholic College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HD2 2JT
      Status
      Open
    • Batley Girls' High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF17 0LD
      Status
      Open
    • Batley Girls' High School - Visual Arts College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WF17 0LD
      Status
      Closed
    • BBG Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BD19 4BE
      Status
      Open
    • Birkdale High School
    Almondbury Community School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Closed
  • Greenside Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hill View Academy
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rosemeade School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Lowerhouses CofE Primary School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Lowerhouses CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Junior Infant and Early Years School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    WF13 4JB
    Status
    Closed