Barlby High School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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Outwood Academy Ripon
- Pupils on roll
- 609of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 145
- Ofsted
- Good, 2 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ripon College (URN 121688, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 126 pupils who finished Year 11 at Outwood Academy Ripon in 2023, 23% stayed on in Outwood Academy Ripon’s own sixth form (North Yorkshire average 34%), 47% went to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 55% 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 | Outwood Academy Ripon | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 126 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Outwood Academy Ripon | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.6 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.1 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.8 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 | 144 | 99% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 144 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 81% |
| English Literature | 144 | 99% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 114 | 79% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 89 | 61% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 54 | 37% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 46 | 32% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 85% |
| French | 37 | 26% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 78% |
| Biology | 30 | 21% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 93% |
| Physics | 28 | 19% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 19% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 13% | 13% | 21% | 30% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 9% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 69% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 28 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Bedale High School
Community school · 555 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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
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.