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Secondary · HD4 · Kirklees

King James's School

St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SG

KING JAMES'S SCHOOL is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

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At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: 0.00
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1055

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Standards maintained

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in HD4. Where we have them, council (Kirklees) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1055
Free school meals
29%
0.7% above district average (28.3%)

Also: Kirklees 29% · England 25.8%

SEN
15.2%
10.4% below district average (25.6%)

Also: Kirklees 16.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.4%
8.2% below district average (18.6%)
Attendance
95.7%
0.3% above district average (95.4%)

Also: Kirklees 92.3% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
7.8%
Progress 8
0.00 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
48.5
Grade 5+ English & maths
47.1%
Grade 4+ English & maths
69%
Entered for EBacc
50.5%
EBacc average point score
4.57

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the HD4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.7%
  • 2021/2291.7%
  • 2022/2392.9%
  • 2023/2493.4%
  • 2024/2593.3%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
900
Pupils on roll
1055

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Kirklees page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.2%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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