Brighouse High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,317 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
Academy sponsor led
Park Lane Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 481of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 91
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 7 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Park Lane Learning Trust (URN 107561, until 16 July 2016).
What the data says
Park Lane Academy has no sixth form. Of the 91 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 64% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
15% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 53% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.9 against 46.1 across England and 48.7 in Calderdale, with 35% 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 | Park Lane Academy | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 91 | 2,826 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 7% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 64% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Park Lane Academy | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.9 | 48.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.3 | 38.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.7 | 52.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 91 | 100% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 91 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 63% |
| English Literature | 91 | 100% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 65 | 71% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 48% |
| History | 52 | 57% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 48 | 53% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 46% |
| Geography | 42 | 46% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 43% |
| Photography | 33 | 36% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 55% |
| Physics | 26 | 29% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 85% |
| Biology | 26 | 29% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 29% | 23% | 23% | 47% | 77% |
| Spanish | 18 | 20% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 78% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 30 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Tourism | 23 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 23 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 13 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Calderdale
Lightcliffe Academy
Academy sponsor led · 788 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Rastrick High School
Academy converter · 1,774 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Ryburn Valley High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,589 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.7
The Calder Learning Trust
Academy converter · 1,250 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.8
The Crossley Heath School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,179 pupils
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.