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Brighouse High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,317Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136604URN

Finkil Street, Brighouse, HD6 2NY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 above Calderdale median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in CalderdaleSelective

462 applications for 203 places · 4th of 13 in Calderdale
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.4of 90
10th of 13 in Calderdale
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 16 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 16 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Calderdale median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

462 applications · 203 places offered · 198 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.3
  6. 2021 3.0; Calderdale median median 2.4
  7. 2020 3.2; Calderdale median median 2.3
  8. 2019 2.9; Calderdale median median 2.2
  9. 2018 3.0; Calderdale median median 2.2
  10. 2017 3.0; Calderdale median median 2.4
  11. 2016 3.6; Calderdale median median 2.4
  12. 2015 3.0; Calderdale median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.3; Calderdale median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Calderdale median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Calderdale median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262034622.31980.98
Sep 20251985152.62071.05
Sep 20242015152.61970.98
Sep 20232015302.62091.04
Sep 20222045392.62141.05
Sep 20212036123.02381.17
Sep 20202086703.22301.11
Sep 20192066002.92271.10
Sep 20182016013.02361.17
Sep 20172056063.02331.14
Sep 20161967123.62541.30
Sep 20152026043.02121.05
Sep 20142036753.32331.15

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

199 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.410th of 13 in Calderdale
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%9th of 13 in Calderdale
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Calderdale median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19943.438%59%–
2024/2520340.031%55%–
2023/2420844.739%64%−0.24
2022/2320142.740%65%−0.31

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136604 · 381/5406
Trust
Brighouse High School Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,430 pupils · 1,317 on roll
Free school meals
23.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Brighouse High School (URN 107580)
Address
Finkil Street, Brighouse, HD6 2NY
Local authority
Calderdale

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources