Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield Road, Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
1,274 pupils · 97% of 1,319 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- SHARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 10 December 2024, published 15 January 2025. 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 | 51.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 59.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 78.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 79.5% |
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.
Nearby alternatives
- King James's School 6.6 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Penistone Grammar School 6.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Holmfirth High School 7.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Darton Academy 7.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Honley High School 8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy 8.2 km · Good (2023) · 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.