Barlby High School
Academy converter · 482 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Academy special sponsor led
Forest Moor School
- Pupils on roll
- 128of 135 places
- Free school meals
- 62.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 24
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Forest Moor School (URN 121780, until 1 July 2021).
What the data says
Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 at Forest Moor School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.5 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
21% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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 | Forest Moor School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 14 | 6,208 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 71% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 21% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Forest Moor School | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.5 | 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 | 0.08 | 4.12 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 83% | 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 | 4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 18 | 75% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| English Language | 17 | 71% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
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.