SCHOOL PROFILE

Kirkburton Middle School: data, trends and context

Kirkburton Middle School is a middle deemed 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
143791
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kirklees
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
THE MAST ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
HD8 0TJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
495
FSM eligible
13.7%
EAL / First language other than English
1.8%
SEND (total)
23.8%
SEN Support
20.4%
EHCP
3.4%
White British
89.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.3%
Overall absence
4.7%
Persistent absence
8.5%
Severe absence
0.59%

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
7.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

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

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Kirkburton Middle School is a middle deemed 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.