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All Saints Catholic College, Huddersfield

Good
Secondary
Voluntary aided school
Mixed
Roman Catholic
Ages 11–16

All Saints Catholic College is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Huddersfield. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2022. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 3rd-highest of the 10 schools in Huddersfield with published results, and 1,431st of 3,298 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was 99% full in 2025.

GCSE results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2022)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
Progress (2024)
Above average
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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 4 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Kirklees (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

All Saints Catholic College in detail

All Saints Catholic College in its own words

In its own words: "All Saints Catholic College is an 11-16 College situated in Huddersfield with very easy access to Brighouse, Rastrick and the M62 network, connecting easily with Leeds, Bradford and Manchester."

Vision and values (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2026, pupils at All Saints Catholic College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.11: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.7, against 50 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Art and Design.

Getting a place at All Saints Catholic College

For September 2026 entry, 216 families put All Saints Catholic College as their first choice and 424 named it as one of their preferences, for 174 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 52 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at All Saints Catholic College

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to All Saints Catholic College are North Huddersfield Trust School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); Rastrick High School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Netherhall Learning Campus High School (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.7); and Brighouse High School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4).

All Saints Catholic College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

North Huddersfield Trust SchoolRastrick High SchoolNetherhall Learning Campus High SchoolBrighouse High School

Where pupils go next

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Deighton Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is All Saints High School (stand c), 100 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood All Saints Catholic College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, All Saints Catholic College issued 298 suspensions, 33.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to All Saints Catholic College are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Ashbrow School (0.6 miles), Christ Church CE Academy (0.6 miles) and Fixby Junior and Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary AcademyAshbrow SchoolChrist Church CE AcademyFixby Junior and Infant School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE destination measures; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Ms Karen Colligan
Pupils:899
LA:Kirklees
Phone:01484426466
Address:Bradley Bar, Huddersfield, HD2 2JT
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 January 1900

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Inspected 2 November 2022View full report
URN:107782
UKPRN:10000219
Diocese:Diocese of Leeds (rc)
Constituency:Huddersfield
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2022 inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

At a Glance

31.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has remained stable at around 0.11 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 47.0 to 47.2 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has remained stable at around 41% (2023 to 2026).

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-47.240.6%
Disadvantaged(44)-38.729.5%
Not known to be disadvantaged(136)-50.044.1%
Boys(90)-49.745.6%
Girls(90)-44.835.6%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(18)-50.744.4%
Non mobile(176)-47.741.5%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language358
Mathematics356
English Literature350
Religious Studies340
Combined Science286
Art and Design194
History170
Statistics130
Geography122
Sports Studies106
Information and Communication Technology96
Spanish92
Food Preparation and Nutrition68
Biology64
Chemistry64
Physics62
Drama58
Music26
Other Modern Languages23
Computer Science20

+ 1 more subjects

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations

After GCSEs (Year 11) - 176 students

Continued education91%
Further education37%
Apprenticeships2%
Employment3%
Not in education/employment4%

2023/24 data

Exclusions & Suspensions

6

Permanent exclusions

0.67%

Exclusion rate

298

Suspensions

33.07%

Suspension rate

63 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 901 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Term dates

All Saints Catholic College is a voluntary aided school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Kirklees's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

All Saints High School (Stand C)
99m · 2 min walk
Torcote Crescent (opp)
131m · 2 min walk
Bradley Road Bradford Rd (after)
215m · 3 min walk
Bradley Bar
267m · 4 min walk
Bradley Bar Roundabout (after)
358m · 6 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
22
Fatal
0
Serious
11
Children hurt
5

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 11 slight.

5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at All Saints Catholic College

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

99%

Near capacity

898 pupils

900 places

2 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Huddersfield

High pressure
New homes approved:2,014
Projected new pupils:363

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Huddersfield

Across Kirklees council

Low demand council-wide0.97 applications per place

Places available

4,930

Applications

4,787

Got 1st preference

89.2%

Got preferred school

97.8%

All secondary applications across Kirklees council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(6)

2 November 2022
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
20 June 2017
5 February 2013
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

175

SEN Support

41

EHC Plans

24.0%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Other73
Speech, Language & Communication59
Social, Emotional & Mental Health53
Physical Disability21
Moderate Learning Difficulty5
Autistic Spectrum Disorder3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Severe Learning Difficulty1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
35.2%
Asian
12.8%
Black
6.4%
Mixed
25.7%
Other
0.9%
Unclassified
6.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals31.1%
English as Additional Language17.1%

899

Total Pupils

446

Boys

453

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

57

Teachers

15.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£56,004

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£7,107

Per pupil

£6832k

Total funding

£293k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£834,786
EAL funding£15,310
Lump sum£145,125

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.1%

Overall absence

16.8%

Persistent absence

916

Enrolments

Authorised4.4%
Unauthorised2.8%
Persistent (10%+)16.8%
Severe (50%+)2.8%

Absence trend

5.8%
18/19
6.3%
20/21
8.3%
21/22
7.0%
22/23
6.9%
23/24
7.1%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about All Saints Catholic College

What are GCSE results like at All Saints Catholic College?

In the 2026 results, pupils at All Saints Catholic College achieved an Attainment 8 score of 47.2. 41% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is All Saints Catholic College's Ofsted rating?

All Saints Catholic College was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022.

What is the catchment area for All Saints Catholic College?

No fixed boundary. When All Saints Catholic College is oversubscribed, Kirklees allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at All Saints Catholic College?

All Saints Catholic College was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at All Saints Catholic College?

Classes at All Saints Catholic College average 23.6 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to All Saints Catholic College?

All Saints Catholic College has around 899 pupils on roll. 31% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at All Saints Catholic College?

7.1% of sessions were missed at All Saints Catholic College in 2024/25. 16.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to All Saints Catholic College?

Apply through Kirklees's coordinated admissions process, naming All Saints Catholic College on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.

How many road collisions happen near All Saints Catholic College?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 11 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).

Where is All Saints Catholic College?

All Saints Catholic College is at Bradley Bar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2JT.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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