Kirklees College
Kirklees College is a further education in Huddersfield for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Manchester Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3LD01484 437000kirkleescollege.ac.ukMr Palvinder Singh principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,946 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,946 | 1,734 | 1,681 | 1,852 | 3,309 | 3,212 |
| Average A level grade | z | – | – | z | NE | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 24.42 | 22.43 | 21.98 | 24.23 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 22.29 | 20.69 | 23.13 | 23.06 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kirklees council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,403 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 51%, compared with 66% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 28% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 60% | 67% | 65% | – |
| Education | 19% | 29% | 27% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 13% | 11% | 11% | 1% |
| Work | 28% | 27% | 26% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 32% | 26% | 29% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 380 m | 238 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| University of Huddersfield | Higher education institutions | 620 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| ES Independent School Kirklees | Independent | 680 m | 52 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Greenhead College | Further education | 780 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Council | 880 m | 639 | Good 2022 | 75 | Compare |
| Hillside Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 302 | No overall grade 2024 | 33 | Compare |
| Woodley School and College | Council | 0.7 miles | 186 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Brambles Primary Academy | Free school | 0.8 miles | 382 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Kirklees College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Kirklees College yet.
How many pupils does Kirklees College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Manchester Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3LD
- Telephone
- 01484 437000
- Website
- www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr Palvinder Singh
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Newsome
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130537 · LAESTAB 3828001 · UKPRN 10003189
- Formerly
- Dewsbury College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.