Castle Hill: A Specialist College for Communication and Interaction is a school located in Huddersfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 13/12/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 11%, which is 7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Newsome Road South, Huddersfield

School Information

Address: Newsome Road South, Huddersfield, HD4 6JL
Website: www.castlehillschool.org.uk
Telephone: 01484544558
School Type: Academy special converter
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Kirklees
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Steve Perren
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 142420

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/12/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 108
Number of Pupils: 118
Number of Boys: 70
Number of Girls: 48

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 11% 4%
Persistent absence: 34.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4 Confidence interval -7.5 to -0.5
Writing
Well Below Average: -4.4 Confidence interval -7.6 to -1.1
Maths
Well Below Average: -4.2 Confidence interval -7.2 to -1.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newsome Junior School
Newsome Junior School, Castle Avenue , Newsome HD4 6JN
2out of 4 227 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Berry Brow Infant and Nursery School
Berry Brow I & N School, Birch Road , Berry Brow HD4 7LP
3out of 4 653 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hillside Primary School
Headfield Road , Newsome HD4 6LU
- not rated 824 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Mount Street , Lockwood HD1 3QP
3out of 4 1,281 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Beaumont Primary Academy
Dryclough Road , Crosland Moor HD4 5JA
3out of 4 1,720 yd Free schools Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newsome Academy
Castle Avenue , Newsome HD4 6JN
- not rated 227 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Moor End Academy
Dryclough Road , Crosland Moor HD4 5JA
4out of 4 1,952 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Honley High School
Station Road , Honley HD9 6QJ
3out of 4 2,156 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
King James's School
St Helen's Gate , Almondbury HD4 6SG
3out of 4 3,199 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kirklees College
Manchester Road , HD1 3LD
- not rated 1,937 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Greenhead College
Greenhead Road , HD1 4ES
- not rated 2,659 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Luck Lane , Paddock HD3 4HA
1out of 4 3,209 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Castle Hill: A Specialist College for Communication and Interaction
Newsome Road South , Newsome HD4 6JL
4out of 4 0 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Woodley School and College
Dog Kennel Bank , HD5 8JE
3out of 4 1,988 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
University of Huddersfield
Lockside , Queensgate HD1 3DH
- not rated 2,293 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
ES Independent School Kirklees
20 Greenhead Road , Huddersfield HD1 4EN
- not rated 2,629 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.