The Brooksbank School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Elland, HX5 0QG
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Park Lane Academy
Park Lane, Exley, Halifax, HX3 9LG
Local ranking11th of 12 secondary schools in Calderdale
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Placed in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 91
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 472
- Boys
- 228 (48%)
- Girls
- 244 (52%)
- Capacity
- 600 (79% full)
- SEND
- 26.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.4%
- EAL
- 16.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,828/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 73.9%
- Black African: 6.4%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Other: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
73.9%
White British
6.4%
Black African
5.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Park Lane
Halifax, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 143115
- UKPRN
- 10057583
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES
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