Admissions
Prospective students are informed that all applicants will be interviewed, and pre-interview selection criteria can be applied because of the number of external applications received.
Students from partnership feeder schools are given priority for places at the college, and are required to obtain a minimum of five GCSE C grades (including a grade C in English) to gain a place at the college. Current partner schools are All Saints Catholic High School, Almondbury High School and Language College, Colne Valley High School, North Huddersfield Trust School, Holmfirth High School, Honley High School, King James's School, Moor End Technology College, Newsome High School and Sports College, Netherhall Learning Campus, Royds Hall High School and Salendine Nook High School/Technology College.
Students from other schools are considered based on their mock GCSE results, a one-to-one interview and the availability of subject places, this after partner school students have been taken into consideration. Students from the Calderdale secondary schools, including The Brooksbank School, The Crossley Heath School and North Halifax Grammar School, can be accepted through the application process.
In 2005 principal Martin Rostron stated that he believed the college has been criticised for selecting only the best students, which he denied, saying that Greenhead took those of all abilities.
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