Brighouse High School

Academy in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England

Brighouse High School

Address

Finkil Street

Brighouse

West Yorkshire

HD6 2NY

England

Coordinates| 53°42′48″N 1°47′47″W﻿ / ﻿53.713334°N 1.796253°W﻿ / 53.713334; -1.796253
Information
Type| Academy
Established| 1910
Local authority| Calderdale
Specialist| Business & Enterprise
Leading Edge
Applied Learning
Department for Education URN| 136604 Tables
Ofsted| Reports
Head Teacher| Richard Horsfield
Staff| 70 (approx)
Gender| Mixed-sex education
Age| 11 to 18
Enrolment| 1,316
Houses| Jupiter (BR), Mercury (IG), Pluto (HU), Saturn (SE)
Colour(s)|  Navy, Burgundy
Website| http://www.brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk/

Brighouse High School (and Sixth Form) is an academy school in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England.

## Admissions[edit]

It has approximately 1,400 students. The school contains around 1,050 students while the Sixth form contains around 350 students. The school is a Business and Enterprise College, rated 'good'[1] by Ofsted. Brighouse High School's Headteacher is Mr Richard Horsfield. The school also has two Deputy Headteachers. It is situated adjacent to Halifax Road (A644) in the Hove Edge area of north-west Brighouse.

## History[edit]

The school began as Brighouse & District Girls' Secondary School on 6 September 1910 then became "Brighouse Girls' Grammar School" in 1944. In 1985, following reorganisation of education in Calderdale, it became Brighouse High School, a mixed comprehensive school.

It is now a comprehensive school with Academy status and educates students aged 11–18 years old.

The sixth form is separate from the main school in the former grammar school in the town centre on Halifax Road and recently the new Mulberry Suite has opened, which includes a cafeteria for students and new study rooms.

## Academic performance[edit]

Sixth form centre (to the right)

## Notable alumni[edit]

Notable former students of Brighouse High School have included actor Matthew Wolfenden, politician Holly Lynch, footballer Cameron Murray, and comedian Jack Carroll.[2][3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Brighouse High School Inspection Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
2. ^ "Norwood Green's Matthew Wolfenden stars in Dancing on Ice". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
3. ^ "From school joker to national comic kid, Jack Carroll's friends say he's a 'class act'". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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Schools in Calderdale

Non-selective|

* Brighouse High School
* The Brooksbank School
* Calder High School
* The Halifax Academy
* Lightcliffe Academy
* Park Lane Academy
* Rastrick High School
* Ryburn Valley High School
* Todmorden High School
* Trinity Academy Grammar
* Trinity Academy, Halifax

Grammar|

* Crossley Heath School
* North Halifax Grammar School

Independent|

* Hipperholme Grammar School
* Rishworth School

Special|

* William Henry Smith School

Further education|

* Calderdale College
* The Maltings College

Defunct|

* Rastrick Independent School
* The Ridings School
* St Catherine's RC High School

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