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Brighouse High School

URN
136604
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Brighouse High School
URN
136604
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

50 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

43

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

45

Destinations

53

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
30 March 2022
Inspection date
16 February 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 30 March 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

198

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

515

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

198

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.6×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Calderdale
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Calderdale)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Calderdale to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

40.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

31.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

55.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

20.2%

EBacc achievement

Location

HD6 2NY - Finkil Street, Brighouse, West Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Finkil Street, Brighouse, West Yorkshire
Postcode
HD6 2NY
Phone
1484710408
Website
http://www.brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Calderdale
Local authority code
381

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 220 schools in Calderdale.

Authority statistics

Total schools

220

Open schools

114

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

146

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    30 March 202216 February 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 30 March 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      30 March 2022
      Inspected
      16 February 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    38.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 194

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    6.4%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    28.7

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.28

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    3.2%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    81.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    8.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    5.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    31

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary146 (66.7%)
    • Secondary31 (14.2%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other42 (19.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Brighouse High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brighouse196 mPrimaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy196 mPrimaryOpen
    Trinity Academy St Chad's392 mPrimaryOpen
    St Chad's CofE (VA) Primary School392 mPrimaryClosed
    St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School692 mPrimaryOpen
    Cliffe Hill Community Primary School906 mPrimaryOpen
    St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School and Sports College1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    Lightcliffe Academy1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    • Brighouse High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brighouse
      Distance
      196 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
      Distance
      196 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Trinity Academy St Chad's
      Distance
      392 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Calderdale)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Brighouse High SchoolSecondaryHD6 2NYClosed
    Clare Hall SchoolSecondaryHX1 2QUClosed
    Halifax High at Wellesley ParkSecondaryHX2 0BAClosed
    Haugh Shaw SchoolSecondaryHX1 3ERClosed
    Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School and Sports CollegeSecondaryHX3 8TLClosed
    • Brighouse High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HD6 2NY
      Status
      Closed
    • Clare Hall School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HX1 2QU
      Status
      Closed
    • Halifax High at Wellesley Park
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HX2 0BA
      Status
      Closed
    • Haugh Shaw School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HX1 3ER
      Status
      Closed
    • Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School and Sports College
    St Chad's CofE (VA) Primary School
    Distance
    392 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School
    Distance
    692 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Cliffe Hill Community Primary School
    Distance
    906 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Andrew's CofE (VA) Junior School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School and Sports College
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Lightcliffe Academy
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    HX3 8TL
    Status
    Closed