| Established | 1910 |
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| Type | Academy and Sixth form foundation school |
| Religion | None |
| Head Teacher | Mrs Elizabeth Cresswell (EC) |
| Specialism | Business & Enterprise Leading Edge Applied Learning |
| Location | Finkil Street Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 2NY England |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| DfE URN | 107580 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 70 (approx) |
| Students | 1,316 |
| Gender | Mixed-sex education |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Jupiter (BR), Mercury (IG), Pluto (HU), Saturn (SE) |
| Colours | Red, Green, Blue, Yellow |
| Website | BHS |
Brighouse High School (and Sixth Form) is an outstanding Academy School in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England.
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It has approximately 1,400 pupils. The school contains around 1,050 pupils while the Sixth form contains around 350 pupils. The school is a Business and Enterprise College, rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. Brighouse High School's Headteacher is Mrs Liz Cresswell. The school also has three Deputy Headteachers.
It is situated just off Halifax Road (A644) in the Hove Edge area of north-west Brighouse.
It began life as Brighouse & District Girls' Secondary School on 6 September 1910 then became Brighouse Girls' Grammar School in 1944, which closed in 1985. It is now a comprehensive school with Academy status and educates pupils 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, giving pupils access to a cafeteria and several new and well equipped study rooms.
In 2009, with a CVA of 1023, the Brighouse High Sixth Form College was ranked within the top 25% of Sixth Form centres in the country. It gets GCSE results well above the National average and A level results have been on the rise in the last three years.
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