Shelley College, A Share Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Huddersfield, Kirklees·HD8 8NL
Composite score
64.1
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#774
National rank
#52
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#3
In Kirklees
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
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% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
60%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
28%
EBacc average points score
4.76

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
1,279
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,707
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
359 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Shelley College, A Share Academy at a glance

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees, Shelley College, A Share Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,279 pupils aged 13 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 51.3, above the national average of 46. That is down 0.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of secondary schools nationally.

60% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Shelley College, A Share Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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