The William Henry Smith School and Sixth FormHighbury School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Brighouse.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form and Highbury School in Brighouse.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form was judged Outstanding and Highbury School was judged Outstanding.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Highbury School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form versus Highbury School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrighouseThe William Henry Smith School and Sixth FormBrighouseHighbury SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeNon-maintained special school Community special school
Age range5-19 4-11
GenderBoys Mixed
Pupils on roll88 154
Capacity87 Not reported
LocationBrighouse, HD6 3JW Brighouse, HD6 3LD
GCSE results
Attainment 80.6 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score0.00 Not reported4.09
Cohort7 Not reported
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported0.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported0.0% 8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census88 154
Free school meals (ever 6)58.4% 44.8%
English as an additional language2.3% 1.9%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence6.6% Stronger figure7.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.9% Stronger figure20.7% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form

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