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The Brooksbank School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Victoria Road, Elland HX5 0QG · thebrooksbankschool.co.uk · 01422 374791

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.7
average Attainment 8 score. Calderdale 48.7, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,446
85% of 1,703 places
Local authority
Calderdale
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
29%
First language not English
5.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Together Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 233 families put the school first and 255 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 263 (Places 284)263September 2023: 244 (Places 283)244September 2024: 207 (Places 240)207September 2025: 215 (Places 253)215September 2026: 233 (Places 255)233Places 255
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262552330.9100%
September 2025Sept 20252532150.8100%
September 2024Sept 20242402070.9100%
September 2023Sept 20232832440.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222842630.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.7, and 55.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Calderdale it was 48.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (29.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.0 (England 46.3)46.02017/18: 46.7 (England 46.5)46.72018/19: 46.7 (England 46.7)46.72023/24: 47.8 (England 45.9)47.82024/25: 50.7 (England 46.0)50.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.746.0
▲55.7%45.4%
▲75.8%64.8%
▼11.7%40.5%
●4.134.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137521)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form32−10.5
Sixth form college16.9−5.9
Further education32.7+14.3
Apprenticeship7.4+1.6
Employment2.6−2.2
Not in a lasting destination7+3.6
Activity not captured1.5−0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2022/23: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1923/2424/252015/16: 26.8 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 28.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2023/24: 28.9 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 29.4 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
27 studentsC (29.4)Average -0.08
31 studentsC (29)Average -0.14
49 studentsDist- (31.1)Average +0.20
0%AAB or better
75%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2461C (28.9)-0.28
2018/1979C (31.6)-0.06
2017/18123C- (28.1)-0.21
2016/17132C (28.5)-0.21
2015/16135C- (26.8)-0.18

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University49+3.1
Further and other education3−1.5
Further education2−1
Other education1−0.5
Apprenticeship14.3+5.4
Employment24.5+0.8
Not in a lasting destination7.1−5.5
Activity not captured2−2.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected The Brooksbank School on 1 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
1 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2022

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137521), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137521)

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137521)

  • Nov 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137521)

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (223 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
81%
Replies
223
15% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼81% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●87% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼73% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●51% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲73% agreeEngland 67%

based on 67 parents (30%) with SEND

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