Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Academy sponsor led
Graham School
- Pupils on roll
- 893of 1,299 places
- Free school meals
- 42.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 188
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Graham School (URN 121675, until 31 December 2018).
What the data says
Graham School has no sixth form. Of the 159 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 28% 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 | Graham School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 159 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Graham School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.3 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.27 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.1 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.2 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 187 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 187 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 184 | 98% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 163 | 87% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 104 | 55% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 44% |
| Psychology | 61 | 32% | 3% | 2% | 22% | 46% |
| Geography | 60 | 32% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 37% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 47 | 25% | 8% | 2% | 21% | 40% |
| Film Studies | 41 | 22% | 1% | 17% | 20% | 54% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 21% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 59% |
| Spanish | 33 | 18% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 39% |
| Photography | 30 | 16% | 6% | 23% | 19% | 73% |
| Applied Engineering | 24 | 13% | 0% | 4% | 18% | 33% |
| Biology | 22 | 12% | 23% | 32% | 45% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 11% | 7% | 48% | 24% | 67% |
| French | 21 | 11% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 33% |
| Physics | 18 | 10% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 83% |
| Chemistry | 18 | 10% | 23% | 39% | 47% | 89% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 9% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 11 | 6% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 18% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 9% |
| Drama | 9 | 5% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 33% |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 22 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 13 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 10 | — | — |
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.