The William Henry Smith School is a non-maintained residential school, located on the outskirts of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England. It provides education and care for boys with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD).
The school has a total of 64 pupils, of which there are 56 weekly boarding pupils and 8 day pupils. It is controlled by a board of fifteen governors, and has 52 full time and 31 part time members of staff.
Set in the extensive well-maintained Boothroyd Estate, the school has good facilities for indoor and outdoor sporting activities, such as an adventure playground, all weather sports enclosure and indoor sports hall and gym.
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