Brian Jackson College

Independent school · Mixed · ages 13–18 · with sixth formKirklees, Heckmondwike WF16

An independent school in Kirklees for ages 13–18: destination measures are not published for independent schools, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
—
Places
—
Pupils
74

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Kirklees’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 80 places, including the sixth form.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

0.6Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school0.6
Kirklees46.4
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50. Not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 34 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Kirklees 47%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureBrian Jackson CollegeKirkleesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.646.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%38%41%
EBacc average point score0.034.064.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—31%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—35.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—51.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—22%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

3.08%of the GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,611 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication8%
Mathematics & Statistics5%
Social & Cultural Skills0%
Natural Sciences0%
Digital & ICT Skills0%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects2

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language926%89%0%20%0%
Mathematics721%88%0%22%0%
Fields of knowledge, all stages3
Language & Communication6%
Mathematics & Statistics4%
Social & Cultural Skills0%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 2.1root 1.2ratio 1.2percentage 1.2gradient 1.2audience 1.1equation 1.0power 0.8surd 0.8translation 0.8tangent 0.8direct proportion 0.8inverse proportion 0.8volume 0.8textual evidence 0.8evidence 0.8vocabulary 0.8grammar 0.8estimation 0.6formulae 0.6intercept 0.6linear functions 0.6quadratic equation 0.6cubic function 0.6

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pythagoras' theorem, surface area, ratio from Mathematics · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses multiple sources, presentation, integer from English Language, Mathematics · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses correlation, prediction, sample size from Mathematics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
More apprenticeships9
Medical statisticianLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses critical reflection, evaluation, sas from English Language, Mathematics · jobs: statistical assistant, statistician, clinical informatics manager
Bulk storage terminal technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses density, volume, graph from Mathematics
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses content selection, emotional impact, presentation from English Language · jobs: storyboard artist
Smart home technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · construction and the built environment · uses elevations, brackets, plan from Mathematics · jobs: smart home engineer, smart home installer
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses approximation, probability, sampling from Mathematics · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Power industry distribution cable jointerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses order of operations, trigonometric ratios, distribution from Mathematics
Registered nurse degree (NMC 2018)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses effectiveness, critical reflection, evaluation from English Language
Engineering maintenance technician - single disciplineLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses gradient of a curve, rate of change, trigonometry from Mathematics · jobs: instrumentation engineering technician, electrician, laser beam welder
Engineering maintenance technician - dual disciplineLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses gradient of a curve, rate of change, trigonometry from Mathematics · jobs: instrumentation engineering technician, electronics engineering technician, electrician
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Independent schools admit directly and set their own dates and entrance tests; council allocation statistics do not cover them.

  1. Year 6Register with the school; entrance assessments are usually in the autumn or January, offers in February
  2. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Kirklees

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.