Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Community school
Wensleydale School
- Pupils on roll
- 407of 440 places
- Free school meals
- 17.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 72
- Ofsted
- Report card, 12 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Wensleydale School has no sixth form. Of the 57 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 26% moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and 14% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 14% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 69% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.5 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 35% 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 | Wensleydale School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 57 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 21% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 26% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 23% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wensleydale School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.5 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.0 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.5 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 71 | 99% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 71 | 99% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 66% |
| English Literature | 70 | 97% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 54 | 75% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 57% |
| Business Studies | 50 | 69% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 46% |
| Geography | 48 | 67% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 69% |
| History | 30 | 42% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 37% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 40% | 11% | 3% | 24% | 66% |
| Design and Technology | 22 | 31% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 24% | 13% | 12% | 30% | 53% |
| Physics | 15 | 21% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 21% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 93% |
| Biology | 15 | 21% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 14 | 19% | 9% | 29% | 28% | 93% |
| Sociology | 14 | 19% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 43% |
| French | 8 | 11% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 88% |
| Music | 4 | 6% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 34 | — | — |
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.