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Schools in Kirklees

199 schools in the Kirklees local authority.

Schools

199

Open schools

Pupils

66,199

2025–26 census

Good or better

90%

147 of 164 graded

Academic Performance

4.9

out of 10 · 178 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
12 7%
Good
135 82%
Requires improvement
14 9%
Inadequate
3 2%
13 inspected since 2024, no overall grade14 superseded by a report card22 not judged5 in a category of concern
4.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 178 of 199 schools that can be scored

Pupils

66,199

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 193 of 199 schools (66,199 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
55%
Asian
30%
Black
4%
Mixed
8%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 177 of 199 schools (64,346 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
27.8%

17,906 of 64,346 pupils · 177 of 199 schools

First language not English
22.9%

14,721 of 64,346 pupils · 177 of 199 schools

Young carers
<1%

208 of 64,260 pupils · 176 of 199 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
145
Secondary
27
All-through
1
Special
11
Nursery
1
PRU
3
Not recorded
11

Top primary schools in Kirklees

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Kirklees

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 199 schools in Kirklees — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Kirklees

How many schools are there in Kirklees?
Kirklees has 199 open schools — 145 primary, 27 secondary, 11 special, 1 nursery, teaching 66,199 pupils in total.
How many schools in Kirklees are rated Good or Outstanding?
147 of the 164 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 12 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 199: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Kirklees?
4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 178 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Kirklees schools have no Ofsted rating?
35 schools in Kirklees currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Kirklees local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Kirklees covers 199 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Kirklees are eligible for free school meals?
27.8% — 17,906 of 64,346 pupils at the 177 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.