Brighouse High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Calderdale
Unique reference
136604
Address
Finkil Street, HD6 2NY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1308 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.5%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.4%
Mixed 4.6%
Other White 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
Indian 0.8%
African 0.8%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
MultimediaTechnical Award162
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brighouse High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
201
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
92
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
101
118
Year 8
208
99
109
Year 9
209
107
102
Year 10
207
116
91
Year 11
208
94
114
Year 12
150
57
93
Year 13
107
47
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
28.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
32.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
23.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
55.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
15.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
6.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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