Brigshaw High School is a secondary school located in Castleford. 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 16/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Brigshaw Lane, Castleford

School Information

Address: Brigshaw Lane, Castleford, WF10 2HR
Website: www.brigshaw.com
Telephone: 01132878900
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Leeds
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Maria Williams
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143238

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 16/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1601
Number of Pupils: 1383
Number of Boys: 714
Number of Girls: 669

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -0.27 to 0.07
Of the 219 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 217 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:32%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:41%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.99
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Preston VC CofE Primary School
Preston Lane , Great Preston LS26 8AR 		3out of 4 475 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Allerton Bywater Primary School
Leeds Road , Allerton Bywater WF10 2DR 		2out of 4 1,472 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Kippax Greenfield Primary School
Ebor Mount , Kippax LS25 7PA 		2out of 4 1,835 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kippax Ash Tree Primary School
Gibson Lane , Kippax LS25 7JL 		3out of 4 1,918 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Methley Primary School
Savile Road , Methley LS26 9HT 		1out of 4 2,420 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Brigshaw High School
Brigshaw Lane , Allerton Bywater WF10 2HR 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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