Heckmondwike Grammar School
High Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AH
1,522 pupils · 109% of 1,400 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Selective
- Trust
- HECKMONDWIKE GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 April 2022, published 15 June 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 80.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 99.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 100% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 34.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.71 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 207 | 355 | 580 | 207 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 208 | 374 | 618 | 208 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 209 | 326 | 568 | 209 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 207 | 322 | 595 | 207 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 207 | 337 | 595 | 207 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 210 | 433 | 771 | 210 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 206 | 369 | 613 | 206 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 211 | 284 | 528 | 211 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Spen Valley High School 1.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Westborough High School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Upper Batley High School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Batley Girls' High School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 3.2 km · Good (2020) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.