Brighouse High School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Finkil Street, Brighouse, HD6 2NY

Headteacher · Mr Richard Horsfield

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,317Capacity 1,430

OfstedReport cardInspected 24 March 2026

TrustBrighouse High School Academy Trust

Free school meals23.4%

Report card from the inspection on 24 March 2026.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Calderdale council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

194 of the 198 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered203

Applications462

First choice198

First-choice offers194

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).