Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- Pupils on roll
- 610of 580 places
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 119
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 18 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Augustine's Roman Catholic School, Scarborough (URN 121714, until 1 June 2019).
What the data says
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy has no sixth form. Of the 112 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 59% moved to a sixth form college, 22% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 59% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.9 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 51% 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 | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 112 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 59% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.9 | 46.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 46% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.8 | 31.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.4 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 23% | 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 | 116 | 97% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 116 | 97% | 31% | 19% | 32% | 63% |
| Mathematics | 116 | 97% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 80% |
| English Literature | 116 | 97% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 111 | 93% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 64% |
| Geography | 64 | 54% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 73% |
| History | 61 | 51% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 67% |
| French | 38 | 32% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 84% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 35 | 29% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 43% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 18% | 9% | 52% | 28% | 90% |
| Media Studies | 18 | 15% | 4% | 6% | 20% | 67% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 12% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 71% |
| Polish | 12 | 10% | 1% | 92% | 84% | 100% |
| Spanish | 12 | 10% | 19% | 42% | 27% | 83% |
| Biology | 5 | 4% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Chemistry | 5 | 4% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Physics | 5 | 4% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Tourism | 14 | — | — |
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.