King James's School

St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, HD4 6SG

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About this school

King James's School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. The school has 1,064 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 5 November 2019). Last inspected 5 November 2019. The Principal is Ian Rimmer. The school is administered by Kirklees local authority. It belongs to KING JAMES'S SCHOOL. It opened in 1 September 2012.

School details

Principal

Ian Rimmer

Trust

KING JAMES'S SCHOOL

Local authority

Kirklees

Gender

Mixed

URN

138706

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at King James's School are handled by the school or the local authority (Kirklees). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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