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Queen Mary's School

Girls · ages 0–16 · no sixth form · Church of EnglandNorth Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber · Thirsk YO7 3BZSchool website
Pupils on roll
221of 300 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
41
Ofsted
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What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Queen Mary's School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

34% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureQueen Mary's SchoolNorth YorkshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)26.846.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths42%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects12%38%41%
EBacc average point score2.304.124.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1741%89%53%20%100%
Mathematics1741%88%35%22%100%
English Literature1639%86%63%21%94%
Chemistry1332%23%38%47%92%
Biology1332%23%62%45%100%
Physics1332%23%54%46%100%
Geography820%41%100%25%100%
Religious Studies615%31%50%32%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition615%8%17%21%83%
Spanish512%19%27%
Classical Civilisation512%1%40%
History512%41%26%
Art and Design410%7%24%
Latin410%1%74%
Physical Education410%11%24%
Combined Science410%65%9%
German25%5%33%
French25%18%29%
Music12%5%33%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group1

Other secondary schools in North Yorkshire

Barlby High School

Academy converter · 482 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8

Bedale High School

Community school · 555 pupils

67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1

Brayton Academy

Academy sponsor led · 988 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4

Filey Academy

Academy sponsor led · 461 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.7

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.