Brighouse High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,317 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
Academy converter
The Calder Learning Trust
- Pupils on roll
- 1,250of 1,265 places
- Free school meals
- 27.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 245
- Ofsted
- Good, 15 February 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Calder Learning Trust (URN 107562, until 1 January 2024).
What the data says
The Calder Learning Trust has no sixth form. Of the 251 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 28% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.8 against 46.1 across England and 48.7 in Calderdale, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and German add up to 18% of the year group, and 16% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | The Calder Learning Trust | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 251 | 2,826 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 28% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Calder Learning Trust | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.8 | 48.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.6 | 38.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.9 | 52.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 245 | 100% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 77% |
| Mathematics | 244 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 78% |
| English Literature | 242 | 99% | 86% | 23% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 212 | 87% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 132 | 54% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 70% |
| Geography | 86 | 35% | 41% | 31% | 25% | 78% |
| Media Studies | 77 | 31% | 4% | 39% | 20% | 92% |
| Business Studies | 69 | 28% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 54% |
| Physical Education | 49 | 20% | 11% | 31% | 24% | 80% |
| Sociology | 44 | 18% | 4% | 27% | 21% | 73% |
| Spanish | 44 | 18% | 19% | 16% | 27% | 82% |
| Textiles | 38 | 16% | 2% | 47% | 27% | 100% |
| Photography | 32 | 13% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 94% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 12% | 9% | 20% | 28% | 73% |
| Biology | 29 | 12% | 23% | 52% | 45% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 11% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 75% |
| Physics | 27 | 11% | 23% | 41% | 46% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 11% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 96% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 8% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 70% |
| Drama | 18 | 7% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 2% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Calderdale
Lightcliffe Academy
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Park Lane Academy
Academy sponsor led · 481 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
Rastrick High School
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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Ryburn Valley High School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.7
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.