Brigshaw High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Castleford, WF10 2HR
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Garforth Academy
Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1LJ
Local ranking14th of 44 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
2065
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 81.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 301
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
114
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 354
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1880
- Boys
- 944 (50%)
- Girls
- 936 (50%)
- Capacity
- 2065 (91% full)
- SEND
- 6.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.5%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 6.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,706/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.1%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
86.1%
White British
3.3%
White Other
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lidgett Lane
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 136343
- UKPRN
- 10032198
- Establishment No.
- 4112
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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