Manor Croft Academy, Dewsbury

In 2026, pupils at Manor Croft Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: 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 37.3, against 54.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.8 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 225 families put Manor Croft Academy as their first choice and 431 named it as one of their preferences, for 203 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 30 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Manor Croft Academy are St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.2 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 34.9); Westborough High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); Upper Batley High School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); and Batley Grammar School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5).

Manor Croft Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Manor Croft Academy is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

39.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Manor Croft Academy had 47 teachers in 2026, one for every 22 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Dewsbury Rail Station, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is York Rd Ripon Rd, 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 366 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Manor Croft Academy issued 808 suspensions, 77.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Manor Croft Academy are Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School (0.3 miles), Eastborough Academy (0.4 miles), Earlsheaton Infant School (0.5 miles) and Orchard Primary Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.