Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Academy special converter
The Forest School
- Pupils on roll
- 155of 127 places
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 24
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 23 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Forest School (URN 121775, until 1 April 2020).
What the data says
Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Forest School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 25% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
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 | The Forest School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 16 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 69% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Bedale High School
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67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
Boroughbridge High School
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Ermysted's Grammar School
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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.