The school mainly draws its pupils from within a 10-mile radius in which there are areas of significant social and economic deprivation.

[1] Ofsted commented that; “Achievement across the school has improved significantly over the last year as a result of good teaching."

“The headteacher is very ably supported by an extremely strong team of senior leaders.

It has been a year of transformational change and this is external recognition of all the hard work that goes on day in day out to support our students.” [2] In January 2016 a Section 8 Monitoring Inspection was carried out by Ofsted and found the school had made "significant improvements" since the Section 5 Ofsted Inspection in 2015.

Current (2019) Rankings Dewsbury: 1st out of 7 schools[5] Kirklees: 2nd out of 50 schools[5] Schools get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications.