Rastrick High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Calderdale
Unique reference
137444
Address
Field Top Road, Rastrick, HD6 3XB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1776 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.2%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.3%
Pakistani 9.8%
Mixed 9.5%
Indian 2.8%
Other White 2.4%
Caribbean 1.5%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE47
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE63
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Rastrick High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
347
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
348
2nd preference
254
3rd preference
125
From another Local Authority
292
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
321
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
117
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 classes26.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
359
183
176
Year 8
356
165
191
Year 9
355
176
179
Year 10
357
185
172
Year 11
349
190
159
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.9%
85.6%
Further education
26.0%
30.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
32.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
48.0%
21.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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