Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Community school
Upper Wharfedale School
- Pupils on roll
- 351of 350 places
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 77
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 4 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Upper Wharfedale School has no sixth form. Of the 58 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and 12% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 12% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 61% 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 | Upper Wharfedale School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 58 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Upper Wharfedale School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.3 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 8% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 48.4 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.3 | 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 | 76 | 99% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 76 | 99% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 88% |
| English Literature | 74 | 96% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 45 | 58% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 82% |
| History | 42 | 55% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 42 | 55% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 69% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 39% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 83% |
| Physics | 28 | 36% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 89% |
| Biology | 28 | 36% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 36% | 23% | 11% | 47% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 31% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 23 | 30% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 70% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 30% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 91% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 23% | 11% | 28% | 23% | 72% |
| French | 12 | 16% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 92% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 20 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 17 | — | — |
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.