Brighouse High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,317 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
Academy converter
Rastrick High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,774of 1,750 places
- Free school meals
- 22.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 352
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 11 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rastrick High School (URN 107576, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Rastrick High School has no sixth form. Of the 306 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 45% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 45% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.9 against 46.1 across England and 48.7 in Calderdale, with 61% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Calderdale and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Rastrick High School | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 306 | 2,826 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 45% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Rastrick High School | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.9 | 48.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.0 | 38.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.8 | 52.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 351 | 100% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 351 | 100% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 83% |
| English Literature | 347 | 99% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 284 | 81% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 73% |
| History | 133 | 38% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 74% |
| Geography | 130 | 37% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 71% |
| French | 100 | 28% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 85% |
| Physical Education | 98 | 28% | 11% | 29% | 24% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 91 | 26% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 81% |
| 3D Design | 79 | 22% | 2% | 24% | 16% | 95% |
| Spanish | 78 | 22% | 19% | 28% | 27% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 65 | 18% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 88% |
| Biology | 65 | 18% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 88% |
| Physics | 65 | 18% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 88% |
| Sociology | 57 | 16% | 4% | 18% | 21% | 74% |
| Computer Science | 42 | 12% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 79% |
| Art and Design | 33 | 9% | 7% | 39% | 24% | 97% |
| Textiles | 21 | 6% | 2% | 38% | 27% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 6% | 8% | 33% | 21% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 5% | 31% | 67% | 32% | 100% |
| Music | 14 | 4% | 5% | 57% | 33% | 93% |
| Drama | 12 | 3% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 67% |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Calderdale
Lightcliffe Academy
Academy sponsor led · 788 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Park Lane Academy
Academy sponsor led · 481 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
Ryburn Valley High School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.7
The Calder Learning Trust
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.8
The Crossley Heath School
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97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.5
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.