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Rastrick High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Field Top Road, Rastrick, Brighouse HD6 3XB · rastrick.polarismat.org.uk · 01484 710235
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Calderdale 48.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,774
- 24 over 1,750 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 322 families put the school first and 347 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 347 | 322 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 349 | 340 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 347 | 348 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 348 | 374 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 346 | 360 | 1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.9, and 60.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Calderdale it was 48.7, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C- (27.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲60.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲77.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.35 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18.7 | +8.6 |
| Sixth form college | 38.8 | −9.1 |
| Further education | 27.9 | +1.5 |
| Other education | 1.1 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | −2 |
| Employment | 0.9 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | +1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2 | +0.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.23 | |
| 83 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.24 | |
| Applied general27 students | Merit- (22.8) | Average +0.12 | |
| Tech level26 students | Merit (25.8) | — |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 71 | C- (25.1) | -0.23 |
| 2015/16 | 74 | C- (25.1) | -0.22 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 62 | +8 |
| Further education | 7 | +4 |
| Apprenticeship | 8 | −3 |
| Employment | 11 | −11 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | +3 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | −1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Rastrick High School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 10 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (378 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 378
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 87 parents (23%) with SEND