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Queen Ethelburga's Prep School

Mixed · ages 0–15 · no sixth form · selective (grammar)North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber · York YO26 9SSSchool website
Pupils on roll
421of 650 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
48
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Queen Ethelburga's Prep 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.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 42% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French and German add up to 17% of the year group, and 0% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

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

MeasureThis schoolNorth YorkshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)38.846.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%38%41%
EBacc average point score2.474.124.09
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
Mathematics51100%88%76%22%100%
Business Studies3267%18%63%20%100%
Statistics2042%5%90%20%100%
Economics2042%1%55%34%95%
Computer Science1531%13%53%30%100%
Geography1429%41%93%25%100%
Chinese1429%1%100%75%100%
Psychology919%3%67%22%100%
3D Design919%2%89%16%100%
Photography817%6%50%19%100%
History817%41%63%26%100%
Art and Design510%7%24%
Spanish48%19%27%
Russian36%0%87%
French36%18%29%
Drama36%7%27%
Music24%5%33%
German12%5%33%
Dance12%1%27%
Modern Greek12%0%33%
Physics12%23%46%
Turkish12%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ9

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics3731%
Chinese200%
Chemistry1417%
Further Mathematics145%
Biology1320%
Physics1312%
Psychology1023%
Computer Science85%
Mathematics (Statistics)60%
Art and Design1%
3D Design1%
Photography3%
Economics13%
English Literature11%
French1%
Geography10%
German0%
History13%
Russian0%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)32
BiologyGCE AS level (All)22
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)22
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)20
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)14
PsychologyGCE AS level (All)11
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (All)11
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*9
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)9
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)8
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)8
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*7
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)7
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)7
PsychologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
EconomicsGCE AS level (All)
English LiteratureGCE AS level (All)
FrenchGCE AS level (All)
GeographyGCE AS level (All)
GermanGCE AS level (All)
HistoryGCE AS level (All)
SpanishGCE AS level (All)
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
EconomicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
English LiteratureGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

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.