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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 October 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 28 January 2015Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry698 applications · 347 places offered · 322 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.0
- 2024 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2023 2.4; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2022 2.3; Calderdale median median 2.3
- 2021 2.5; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2020 2.6; Calderdale median median 2.3
- 2019 2.2; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2018 1.8; Calderdale median median 2.2
- 2017 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2016 2.0; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2015 1.9; Calderdale median median 2.4
- 2014 2.1; Calderdale median median 2.7
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 347 | 698 | 2.0 | 322 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 349 | 705 | 2.0 | 340 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 347 | 778 | 2.2 | 348 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 348 | 849 | 2.4 | 374 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 346 | 787 | 2.3 | 360 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 346 | 846 | 2.5 | 327 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 342 | 882 | 2.6 | 377 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 338 | 730 | 2.2 | 299 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 318 | 581 | 1.8 | 273 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 291 | 566 | 2.0 | 277 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 278 | 541 | 2.0 | 259 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 260 | 492 | 1.9 | 234 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 231 | 488 | 2.1 | 234 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 353 | 50.9 | 57% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 352 | 49.9 | 61% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 348 | 48.3 | 54% | 72% | +0.06 |
| 2022/23 | 306 | 46.1 | 50% | 70% | −0.09 |
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
- Rastrick High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20232.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Calderdale20262.3applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · KirkleesGood20222.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · CalderdaleGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · CalderdaleSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 32.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Kirklees20261.4applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · CalderdaleGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · KirkleesRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Bradford20262.2applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137444 · 381/5402
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,750 pupils · 1,774 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Rastrick High School (URN 107576)
- Address
- Field Top Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, HD6 3XB
- Local authority
- Calderdale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources