Brigshaw High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 19 2019 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
Leeds
Unique reference
143238
Address
Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, WF10 2HR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1332 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.9%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.6%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 0.6%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.3
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 4.1
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE48
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE228
English LiteratureGCSE228
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Brigshaw High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
224
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
212
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
22
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
212
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
120
113
Year 8
228
101
127
Year 9
267
130
137
Year 10
241
128
113
Year 11
236
127
109
Year 12
67
40
27
Year 13
60
25
35
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.8%
85.5%
Further education
37.0%
36.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
34.0%
32.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
15.0%
14.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
4.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
55.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
16.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
4.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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