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Rastrick High School

Field Top Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3XB ·

Ofsted:Good· 2023

At a glance

A state secondary academy for ages 11–16 in Brighouse. An ungraded Ofsted inspection (October 2023) found the school remains Good and may be improving, so a full inspection is due next. GCSE results are above the England average (Attainment 8: 49.9 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 322 families put it first for 347 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages: 11–16
Pupils: 1,774
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: No
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: Calderdale
Academy trust: POLARIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher: Mr Mathew Williams
Opened: Sept 2011

School website 01484710235 Explore the area

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Latest ungraded inspection (11 Oct 2023): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

The school's last graded inspection took place before 2019.

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 352 pupils

Attainment 8

49.9

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

60.5%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

77%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

+0.06

2023/24 · CI -0.09 to 0.21

This school

49.9

Calderdale

48.7

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made

347

1st preferences

322

All applications

698

1st prefs per place

0.93

Fewer first choices than places

308 of 322 first-preference applicants were offered a place (96%). 121 offers went to families living in another council area.

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,780

Capacity

1,750

101% full

Girls / boys

51/49

Mixed

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)23.9%
English as an additional language4.4%
SEN support9.7%
Education, Health and Care plan3.1%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.