Netherhall Learning Campus High School, Huddersfield

In 2026, pupils at Netherhall Learning Campus High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

26% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is down from 41 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.09: pupils made about 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 33.4, against 40.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 106 families put Netherhall Learning Campus High School as their first choice and 221 named it as one of their preferences, for 140 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Netherhall Learning Campus High School are North Huddersfield Trust School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); All Saints Catholic College (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); King James's School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.3); and Newsome Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9).

Netherhall Learning Campus High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

50.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 136 pupils (16.5%) received SEN support and 52 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Netherhall Learning Campus High School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

Netherhall Learning Campus High School had 68 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Deighton Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rawthorpe Lane Foxlow Ave (adjacent), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Netherhall Learning Campus High School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 237 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, Netherhall Learning Campus High School issued 334 suspensions, 39.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Netherhall Learning Campus High School are Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School (0.1 miles), Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School (0.3 miles), St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy (0.7 miles) and Dalton School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.