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

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rastrick High School
Field Top Road , Rastrick HD6 3XB 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Brighouse High School
Finkil Street , HD6 2NY 		3out of 4 2,048 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
All Saints Catholic College Specialist in Humanities
Bradley Bar , HD2 2JT 		3out of 4 2,691 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Lightcliffe Academy
Stoney Lane , Lightcliffe HX3 8TL 		1out of 4 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
William Henry Smith School
Boothroyd , HD6 3JW 		4out of 4 947 yd Non-maintained special school No Boys More About School
Highbury School
Lower Edge Road , Rastrick HD6 3LD 		4out of 4 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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