SCHOOL PROFILE

The Mirfield Free Grammar: data, trends and context

The Mirfield Free Grammar is a secondary school in Kirklees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136674
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kirklees
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
GREAT HEIGHTS ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WF14 9EZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,300
FSM eligible
25.8%
EAL / First language other than English
15.5%
SEND (total)
11.9%
SEN Support
10.5%
EHCP
1.5%
White British
62.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.3%
Overall absence
8.7%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Severe absence
4.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KirkleesLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.1%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
20.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
47.8
English & maths grade 5+
48.6%
English & maths grade 4+
74.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The Mirfield Free Grammar against 25 similar schools

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The Mirfield Free Grammar is a secondary school in Kirklees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.