Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Non-maintained special school
Breckenbrough School
- Pupils on roll
- 71of 70 places
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 9
- Ofsted
- Good, 30 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Breckenbrough School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Breckenbrough School’s own sixth form (North Yorkshire average 34%), 33% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
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 North Yorkshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Breckenbrough School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 33% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 67% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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
| Measure | Breckenbrough School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 20.1 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.04 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 8 | 89% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 63% |
| Mathematics | 7 | 78% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 57% |
| Art and Design | 3 | 33% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Film Studies | 2 | 22% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Music | 2 | 22% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| French | 2 | 22% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| History | 1 | 11% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 11% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 2 | — | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| Mathematics | — | — | 31% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Politics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Applied Sciences | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Politics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
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.