Rastrick High School

State-Funded School

rastrick-high-school-calderdale-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

CalderdaleLocal Authority

Calder ValleyConstituency

HD6 3XBPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Rastrick High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,774 pupils. Rastrick High School is part of POLARIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 49.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 60.5%
EBacc average point score: 4.35

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

15%

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,774

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 1,774
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: POLARIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 11 October 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Feb 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.