England · Grammar school
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Heckmondwike · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136283)
Overview
- Address
- High Street, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AH
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,522
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Heckmondwike Grammar School Academy Trust
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk, get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area5% of Year 7 places offered in Kirklees for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2027 entry, after looked-after children and Pupil Premium children who reach the required standard, priority goes to children living in the school's catchment area as shown on the school's catchment map. Address is taken on the day of the entrance exam.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2027 entry, after the priority groups (catchment, siblings, staff, music), the remaining places go on overall entrance exam performance, wherever the child lives. The school says that in a typical year over three-quarters of places go to children living outside the catchment.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 580 applicants named this school (355 as their first choice) for 207 places. 140 of 207 offers went to children living outside Kirklees.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Kirklees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 207 | 580 | 355 | 1.7 | 140 |
| Sept 2025 | 208 | 618 | 374 | 1.8 | 145 |
| Sept 2024 | 209 | 568 | 326 | 1.6 | 140 |
| Sept 2023 | 207 | 595 | 322 | 1.6 | 124 |
| Sept 2022 | 207 | 595 | 337 | 1.6 | 114 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Kirklees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 210 | 771 | 433 | 2.1 | 108 |
| Sept 2020 | 206 | 613 | 369 | 1.8 | 119 |
| Sept 2019 | 211 | 528 | 284 | 1.3 | 96 |
| Sept 2018 | 208 | 530 | 287 | 1.4 | 89 |
| Sept 2017 | 209 | 445 | 266 | 1.3 | 73 |
| Sept 2016 | 177 | 440 | 269 | 1.5 | 60 |
| Sept 2015 | 180 | 456 | 311 | 1.7 | 58 |
| Sept 2014 | 180 | 472 | 307 | 1.7 | 51 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Kirklees" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (heckgrammar.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 September 2010
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 12 May 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (4)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 78.9 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99.5% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 78.3% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 78.5 (2023/24) → 80.2 (2024/25) → 78.9 (2025/26).
207 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- WF16 0AH
- Map location
- 53.70798, -1.66922
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01924402202
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.heckgrammar.co.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136283) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026