Colne Valley High School
Secondary · Huddersfield · HD7 5SP
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.
Inspected 18 September 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,360 pupils · 94% of 1,447 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 3.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3% of pupils
- Website
- http://www.thecvhs.co.uk/
- URN
- 140660
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.89 first-choice applications per place218 places offered · 194 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
294 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 January 2025: Some aspects not as strong
- 18 September 2019: Good
- 22 May 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 13 June 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School
- Linthwaite Clough Primary School
- Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School
- Manor Road Academy
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School
- Helme Church of England Academy