Brigshaw High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Castleford, Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brigshaw High School is a secondary school in Castleford, Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Brigshaw High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was C+ (England B-).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 201 first-choice applications for 206 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 20.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2HR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,321 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Many pupils value the recent changes to improve their school.”
- “Pupils work with staff to promote respect and tolerance.”
- “Pupils learn to respect equality and learn important knowledge about the protected characteristics.”
To improve
- “However, at times the school does not check that pupils’ knowledge is secure.”
- “On occasion, pupils are moved on to new learning before they are ready.”
- “This means that some pupils have misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 201 first-preference applications, 206 offers in total, 201 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Garforth Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oulton Academy 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Temple Moor High School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Smeaton Academy 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 5.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rodillian Academy 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leeds East Academy 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy 5.8 mi Good Last distance published