All Saints Catholic School York
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,392 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Other independent school · independent
Bootham School
- Pupils on roll
- 587of 750 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 74
- Ofsted
- Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Boothan Junior School (URN 121728).
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Bootham School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
A level grades average B+, well above the England average of B-; 29% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are English Literature, Art and Design and Business Studies.
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.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
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 | Bootham School | York | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.5 | 50.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 56% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 74% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.44 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 36.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | 49 | 66% | 23% | 59% | 46% | 94% |
| Biology | 44 | 59% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 39 | 53% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 50% | 11% | 70% | 23% | 92% |
| Geography | 34 | 46% | 41% | 68% | 25% | 97% |
| German | 28 | 38% | 5% | 54% | 33% | 93% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 36% | 7% | 48% | 24% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 27% | 31% | 65% | 32% | 95% |
| Music | 19 | 26% | 5% | 63% | 33% | 100% |
| Spanish | 18 | 24% | 19% | 61% | 27% | 94% |
| Drama | 18 | 24% | 7% | 39% | 27% | 100% |
| French | 16 | 22% | 18% | 100% | 29% | 100% |
| Classical Civilisation | 16 | 22% | 1% | 31% | 40% | 88% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 22% | 13% | 56% | 30% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 18% | 11% | 23% | 24% | 77% |
| Chinese | 9 | 12% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Latin | 7 | 9% | 1% | 100% | 74% | 100% |
| Japanese | 2 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music performance: Group | 1 | 1% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | Bootham School | York | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 163 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 81 | 1,267 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | B+ | B- | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 42.83 | 35.51 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | B+ | B | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 29% | 18% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 20 | 25% | 11% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 23% | 1% |
| Business Studies | 17 | 21% | 13% |
| Mathematics | 15 | 19% | 31% |
| History | 14 | 17% | 13% |
| Politics | 14 | 17% | 6% |
| Biology | 14 | 17% | 20% |
| Geography | 13 | 16% | 10% |
| Economics | 11 | 14% | 13% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 14% | 17% |
| Physics | 9 | 11% | 12% |
| Classical Civilisation | 8 | 10% | 1% |
| French | 8 | 10% | 1% |
| Religious Studies | 6 | 7% | 4% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 7% | 5% |
| Spanish | 6 | 7% | 2% |
| Drama | — | — | 2% |
| Product Design | — | — | 2% |
| Chinese | — | — | 0% |
| German | — | — | 0% |
| Latin | — | — | 0% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
| Music | — | — | 0% |
| Physical Education | — | — | 3% |
| Psychology | — | — | 23% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 21 | 26% | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
Where Bootham School is
Other secondary schools in York are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from York’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in York
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Joseph Rowntree School
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Manor Church of England Academy
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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.