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All Saints Catholic College

Secondary · Huddersfield · HD2 2JT

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 November 2022

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At a glance

899 pupils · 100% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.aschc.co.uk
URN
107782

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 216 families named it first for 174 Year 7 places, 1.24 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.24 first-choice applications per place

174 places offered · 216 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 12
1169.3 m (≈0.73 mi)

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

177 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
44.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
58.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.9
Median of its 12 closest peers44
Kirklees average46.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
King's Academy Easthampstead ParkBracknell · 163 miles awayExpected standard42.2
Magna AcademyPoole · 203 miles awayGood44.3
Tottington High SchoolBury · 24 miles awayRequires improvement34.9
The Matthew Arnold SchoolStaines-upon-Thames · 165 miles awayGood49
Merstham Park SchoolRedhill · 181 miles awayExpected standard45
Kingsdown SchoolSwindon · 144 miles awayGood41.4
Newfield Secondary SchoolSheffield · 26 miles awayExpected standard47.9
St Augustine AcademyMaidstone · 192 miles awayNeeds attention35.1
Warblington SchoolHavant · 198 miles awayNeeds attention36.4
Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolBristol · 158 miles awayGood54.6
Unsworth AcademyBury · 22 miles awayGood45.4
Albany AcademyChorley · 35 miles awayGood43.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 35% (Kirklees 53%, England 59%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 12% (Kirklees 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Kirklees 20%, England 5%) · Not recorded 7% (Kirklees 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Kirklees 6%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (Kirklees 3%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Kirklees 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Kirklees 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kirklees 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Kirklees 1%, England 3%) · White Irish 1% (Kirklees 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

33.07 suspensions per 100 pupils and 6 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kirklees: 26.52 suspensions and 0.21 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 7.77% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

68.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,004; 10.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,358
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (7%) · supplies and services 15% (10%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £389,098; in-year balance -£101,497

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.4%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented11.8%20.5%
Detached houses52.8%22.9%
Flats6.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011102 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£242,000207 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£190,000–£352,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (78)£392,500
Semi-detached (72)£230,000
Terraced (40)£190,000
Flat (17)£85,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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