Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Community school
Bedale High School
- Pupils on roll
- 555of 700 places
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 101
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 26 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Bedale High School has no sixth form. Of the 90 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Yorkshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bedale High School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 90 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bedale High School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.2 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.5 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 97 | 96% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 80% |
| Mathematics | 97 | 96% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 78% |
| English Literature | 95 | 94% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 77% |
| Statistics | 95 | 94% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| History | 73 | 72% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 41% |
| Combined Science | 66 | 65% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 58% |
| Geography | 48 | 48% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 44 | 44% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 34% | 8% | 44% | 21% | 88% |
| French | 34 | 34% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 76% |
| Physics | 31 | 31% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 97% |
| Biology | 31 | 31% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 31% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 97% |
| Art and Design | 18 | 18% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 94% |
| Media Studies | 11 | 11% | 4% | 9% | 20% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 8% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 63% |
| Drama | 6 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 67% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Boroughbridge High School
Community school · 388 pupils
63% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Brayton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 988 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Ermysted's Grammar School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 836 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 67.3
Filey Academy
Academy sponsor led · 461 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.7
George Pindar School
Academy sponsor led · 730 pupils
64% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.