All Saints Catholic School York
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,392 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
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York High School
- Pupils on roll
- 750of 991 places
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 132
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: York High School (URN 133946, until 28 March 2017).
What the data says
York High School has no sixth form. Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 62% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | York High School | York | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 148 | 1,887 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 81% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 66% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 62% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | York High School | York | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.2 | 50.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 56% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 74% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.65 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.5 | 36.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.7 | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 130 | 98% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 129 | 98% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 122 | 92% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 70% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 47% |
| History | 81 | 61% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 74% |
| Geography | 70 | 53% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 57% |
| Statistics | 51 | 39% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| French | 49 | 37% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 71% |
| Biology | 29 | 22% | 23% | 34% | 45% | 93% |
| Physics | 28 | 21% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 20% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 14% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 79% |
| Drama | 16 | 12% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 69% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 11% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 60% |
| Fine Art | 14 | 11% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 57% |
| Music | 8 | 6% | 5% | 38% | 33% | 38% |
| Latin | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in York
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Fulford School
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Huntington School
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Joseph Rowntree School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
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.