The Mirfield Free Grammar, Mirfield

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama, STEM, cooking and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at The Mirfield Free Grammar averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is down from 47.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.4: 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 37.4, against 45.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 197 families put The Mirfield Free Grammar as their first choice and 629 named it as one of their preferences, for 218 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Mirfield Free Grammar are Castle Hall Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Spen Valley High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); Heckmondwike Grammar School (2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 78.9); and Westborough High School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1).

The Mirfield Free Grammar's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

The Mirfield Free Grammar is one of 9 schools run by Great Heights Academy Trust, an academy trust.

159 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Mirfield Free Grammar (as of September 2025): 65% would recommend the school, 74% say their child is happy there and 51% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (77%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (51%).

Of the 217 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 10% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 181 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 5% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 136 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 19 (1.5%) 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 specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Mirfield Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mirfield Free Grammar School (at), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Mirfield Free Grammar stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, The Mirfield Free Grammar issued 271 suspensions, 20.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Mirfield Free Grammar are Old Bank Academy (0.2 miles), Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School (0.4 miles), Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School (0.6 miles) and Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.