North Huddersfield Trust School, Huddersfield

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades North Huddersfield Trust School on 6 areas: 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise improving pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the centre of their work."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors see their school as being at the heart of the community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully designed a rich and broad personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Leaders know that pupils' attainment in national tests and examinations has not consistently been as high as it could be."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed their ongoing work to develop the school's curriculum and teaching so that achievement improves for all pupils, particularly in the core subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that staff use individual support plans to adapt their teaching so that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make better progress through the curriculum from their starting points".

In 2026, pupils at North Huddersfield Trust School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

31% 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 35.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.35: pupils made below 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 32.6, against 40.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Multimedia and History.

For September 2026 entry, 131 families put North Huddersfield Trust School as their first choice and 236 named it as one of their preferences, for 175 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 North Huddersfield Trust School are All Saints Catholic College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); Netherhall Learning Campus High School (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.7); Rastrick High School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); and Royds Hall, A Share Academy (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than North Huddersfield Trust School.

North Huddersfield Trust School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

52.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 33.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (45%), Black (16%) and White British (14%).

In 2026, 173 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 28 (2.8%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

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

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodhouse Hill, 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood North Huddersfield Trust School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 280 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, North Huddersfield Trust School issued 284 suspensions, 27.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to North Huddersfield Trust School are Ashbrow School (0.4 miles), Christ Church CE Academy (0.5 miles), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy (0.5 miles) and Birkby Junior School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.