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Applefields School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formYork, Yorkshire and the Humber · York YO31 0LWTrust: Pathfinder Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
225of 224 places
Free school meals
40.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
27
Ofsted
School remains Good, 13 June 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Applefields School (URN 134727, until 1 September 2025).

What the data says

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Applefields School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Applefields School’s own sixth form (York average 40%), 41% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.7 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in York, with 4% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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 York and England.

Applefields School
York
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureApplefields SchoolYorkEngland
Pupils in the cohort221,887607,348
Any sustained destination95%92%92%
Stayed in education95%84%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college41%42%37%
— other education55%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown5%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

MeasureApplefields SchoolYorkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.750.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths4%56%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths4%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%42%41%
EBacc average point score0.144.544.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort41%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils4.136.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.154.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%9%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
Fine Art27%9%28%
English Literature14%86%21%
Mathematics14%88%22%
Combined Science14%65%9%
History14%41%26%
English Language14%89%20%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction3

Other secondary schools in York

Fulford School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,853 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.2

Huntington School

Community school · sixth form · 1,505 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2

Joseph Rowntree School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,248 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2

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.