Rastrick 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 29/01/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Field Top Road, Brighouse, HD6 3XB
Website: http://www.rastrick.calderdale.sch.uk
Telephone: 01484710235
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Calderdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Steve Evans
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137444

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 29/01/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1750
Number of Pupils: 1612
Number of Boys: 796
Number of Girls: 816

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.13 Confidence interval -0.28 to 0.03
Of the 261 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 253 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:27%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:51%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.28
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Longroyde Primary School
Longroyde Road, Rastrick HD6 3AS 		181 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Field Lane Primary School
Burnsall Road, Rastrick HD6 3JT 		1,063 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School
Waterloo Road, HD6 2AN 		1,119 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Woodhouse Primary School
Daisy Road, HD6 3SX 		1,199 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Carr Green Primary School
Carr Green Lane, Rastrick HD6 3LT 		1,230 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Rastrick High School
Field Top Road, Rastrick HD6 3XB 		0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Brighouse High School
Finkil Street, HD6 2NY 		2,048 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4All Saints Catholic College Specialist in Humanities
Bradley Bar, HD2 2JT 		2,691 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe HX3 8TL 		3,174 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4William Henry Smith School
Boothroyd, HD6 3JW 		947 yd Non-maintained special school No Boys More About School
4out of 4Highbury School
Lower Edge Road, Rastrick HD6 3LD 		1,237 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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