The Brooksbank School
Victoria Road, Elland, HX5 0QG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Atkinson
- Sponsor
- Together Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Calder Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,703
- Pupils on roll
- 1,446
- URN
- 149531
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01422374791
About this school
The Brooksbank School is a secondary academy in Elland. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,446 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 272 | 264 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.8 | 50.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.18 +0.01 to +0.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46.7% | 55.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71.3% | 75.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 27.2% | 11.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Brooksbank School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Calderdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.8 | 39 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.7 | 37.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,632 |
| 2023/24 | 1,533 |
| 2024/25 | 1,470 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Brooksbank School compares
The Brooksbank School ranked 3rd of 11 secondary schools in Calderdale for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.7 | 8% | 28.5% | 1,446 | — |
| Park Lane Academy | 40.9 | 8.6% | 56.4% | 481 | 1.2 miles |
| Salendine Nook High School | 50.9 | 6.4% | 22.1% | 1,419 | 2.0 miles |
| The Crossley Heath School | 74.5 | 4.6% | 11.6% | 1,179 | 2.4 miles |
| Rastrick High School | 49.9 | 7.7% | 23.9% | 1,774 | 2.6 miles |
| Royds Hall, A Share Academy | 46.8 | 6.2% | 43.7% | 853 | 2.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.46%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 7.97%
- Persistent absence
- 22.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Lane Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Halifax
-
Salendine Nook High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Huddersfield
-
The Crossley Heath School2.4 miles
Secondary · Halifax
-
Rastrick High School2.6 miles
Secondary · Brighouse
-
Royds Hall, A Share Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Huddersfield
Other schools in Elland
Common questions
- What year groups does The Brooksbank School teach?
- The Brooksbank School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Elland.
- Who is the headteacher of The Brooksbank School?
- The headteacher of The Brooksbank School is Mr Darren Atkinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Brooksbank School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Brooksbank School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Brooksbank School?
- The Brooksbank School has 1,446 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Brooksbank School full?
- The Brooksbank School has capacity for 1,703 pupils and 1,446 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Brooksbank School a faith school?
- No. The Brooksbank School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Brooksbank School?
- The Brooksbank School is part of TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Brooksbank School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.8 in 2023/24 and 50.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Brooksbank School rank locally?
- The Brooksbank School ranked 3rd of 11 secondary schools in Calderdale for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Brooksbank School's absence rate?
- The Brooksbank School's overall absence rate is 8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Brooksbank School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Brooksbank School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.