Brighouse High School is a secondary school located in Brighouse. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Finkil Street, Brighouse

School Information

Address: Finkil Street, Brighouse, HD6 2NY
Website: http://www.brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk
Telephone: 01484710408
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Calderdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Richard Horsfield
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136604

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1430
Number of Pupils: 1350
Number of Boys: 658
Number of Girls: 692

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 15% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.13 Confidence interval -0.3 to 0.04
Of the 220 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 220 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:31%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:42%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.79
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedSt Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Finkil Street, Hove Edge HD6 2NT 		214 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
1out of 4Trinity Academy St Chad's
Upper Green Lane, Hove Edge HD6 2PA 		428 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School
Lightcliffe Road, HD6 2HH 		756 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Cliffe Hill Community Primary School
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe HX3 8TW 		990 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School
Waterloo Road, HD6 2AN 		1,180 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Brighouse High School
Finkil Street, HD6 2NY 		0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
1out of 4Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe HX3 8TL 		1,213 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Rastrick High School
Field Top Road, Rastrick HD6 3XB 		2,048 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedHipperholme Grammar School
Bramley Lane, Halifax HX3 8JE 		2,255 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4William Henry Smith School
Boothroyd, HD6 3JW 		2,510 yd Non-maintained special school No Boys More About School
4out of 4Highbury School
Lower Edge Road, Rastrick HD6 3LD 		3,153 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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