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State secondary · 11 to 16 · Mixed · Roman Catholic · 899 pupils

All Saints Catholic College

Bradley Bar, Huddersfield, HD2 2JT · Kirklees
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 0.73 and 1.48 miles in the last 3 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Own admission authority (school or trust); local authority: Kirklees offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

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Ofsted: Good · November 2022Top 30% (7/24)Oversubscribed · 1.2 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,436th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 30%.
Top 30% (7/24)Rank among 24 Kirklees secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
Inspection
Good, November 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 0.73 mi (2026)
Results
+0.11 progress 8; 47.2 attainment 8
Size
899 pupils; 174 places a year; classes of 24
Faith
Roman Catholic
Run by
Kirklees council
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
11 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, November 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 7.2%, against 8.4% in Kirklees.
  • Persistently absent: 16.8%, against 22.6% in Kirklees.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 41%, against 48% in Kirklees.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 33.1, against 18.5 in Kirklees.
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At a glance

Against Kirklees and England
This schoolKirkleesEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.11
In line with Kirklees
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
47.2
In line with Kirklees
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
41%
Worse than Kirklees
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.2%
Better than Kirklees
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
16.8%
Better than Kirklees
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
33.1
Worse than Kirklees
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
31%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.5
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.2
More sought after than Kirklees
Kirklees and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Roman Catholic school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 216 families put it first for 174 places; 164 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • Some places go first to children from named primary schools: see the feeder rules below.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 2 November 2022
  • Progress 8: +0.11 (England +0.01) (county +0.10) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 47.2 (England 47.4) (county 46.8) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 41% (England 48%) (county 48%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.2% of sessions missed; 17% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.0% and 27% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 33 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 20); 6 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.6 pupils; 10% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 17.5 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 99 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 22 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 11 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Kirklees), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1.5 mi0.750
202420252026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026180—180—0.73
Year 72025180—180—1.48
Year 72024180—180—0.81

Source: Council offer-day figures: Own admission authority (school or trust); local authority: Kirklees, 2024 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026174216424164
Year 72025177181428165
Year 72024173204460164
Year 72023170212434153
Year 72022174193387160
Year 72021176202407152
Year 72020176180375147
Year 72019175189335158
Year 72018176166327158
Year 72017176145302142

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

Partner primary schools · Year 7

Priority position: 3 (Catholic children living in a defined area and attending its Catholic primary; after 1 Catholic looked after, 2 Catholic siblings), 5 (attending but living elsewhere) and 11 (other children at the feeders)

11. Other children who currently attend one of the following Catholic feeder primary schools: St Patrick's Birkby, Our Lady of Lourdes Bradley, St Joseph's Dalton, St Joseph's Brighouse, St Patrick's Elland, St Mary's Halifax, Sacred Heart Sowerby Bridge, St Malachy's Halifax and St Joseph's Halifax.

Feeder schools: St Patrick's Birkby, Our Lady of Lourdes Bradley, St Joseph's Dalton, St Joseph's Brighouse, St Patrick's Elland, St Mary's Halifax, Sacred Heart Sowerby Bridge, St Malachy's Halifax, St Joseph's Halifax

From the admission arrangements for 2026/27 (last year's rules: this year's have not been read yet): the document, page 3.

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.11+0.01+0.102023/2024
Attainment 847.247.446.82025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above41%48%48%2025/2026

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 30% (7/24)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
2 November 2022Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2417696%In education 91%; Apprenticeship 1.7%; Employment 2.8%
After GCSEs2022/2317997%In education 93%; Apprenticeship 3.4%; Employment 0.6%
After GCSEs2021/2217491%In education 87%; Apprenticeship 3.4%; Employment 1.1%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Kirklees league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.2%4.4%2.8%17%2.8%
2023/246.8%4.1%2.7%16%2.2%
2022/237.0%4.5%2.5%18%2.4%
Schools with a similar intake9.0%27%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 654 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2533.17.0%2986
2023/2422.08.4%1981
2022/2331.09.8%2784
Schools with a similar intake19.7

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils10%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.5November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus99

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20254
20242
20235
20225
20216

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 11 serious and 0 fatal in all; 6 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.42024
PM1012.82024
PM257.32024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals31%2025/26
First language other than English17%2025/26
SEN support20%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.6%2025/26
Girls50%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Kirklees), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Own admission authority (school or trust); local authority: Kirklees
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Huddersfield and the Kirklees league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.