Brighouse High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,317 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
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Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 885of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 29.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 157
- Ofsted
- Good, 22 January 2020Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Todmorden High School (URN 107564, until 1 March 2025).
What the data says
Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 16% moved to a sixth form college, 65% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.0 against 46.1 across England and 48.7 in Calderdale, with 43% 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 add up to 8% of the year group, and 10% 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 | This school | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 2,826 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 16% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 65% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.0 | 48.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.68 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 28% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.8 | 38.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.3 | 52.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 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 | 155 | 99% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 155 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 150 | 96% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 116 | 74% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 61% |
| Geography | 92 | 59% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 65% |
| History | 66 | 42% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 64 | 41% | 31% | 39% | 32% | 84% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 29% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 65% |
| Fine Art | 41 | 26% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 85% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 20% | 23% | 55% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 31 | 20% | 23% | 23% | 45% | 94% |
| Physics | 31 | 20% | 23% | 39% | 46% | 97% |
| Photography | 29 | 18% | 6% | 34% | 19% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 23 | 15% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 13% | 13% | 25% | 30% | 75% |
| Spanish | 13 | 8% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 77% |
| Latin | 6 | 4% | 1% | 33% | 74% | 100% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 36 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 8 | — | — |
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
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
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.