Woldgate School and Sixth Form CollegeFulford School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in York.

Summary of the comparison

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College and Fulford School are secondary schools in York.

  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Fulford School scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Fulford School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College was judged Good and Fulford School was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.9 for Woldgate School and Sixth Form College and 55.2 for Fulford School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Woldgate School and Sixth Form College (52.2 in 2021-22, 46.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Fulford School (62.0 in 2021-22, 55.2 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College versus Fulford School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure YorkWoldgate School and Sixth Form CollegeYorkFulford SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100B78/100Stronger figure
Local ranking5th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire 1st of 9 in York
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,218 1,765
Capacity1,100 1,899
LocationYork, YO42 2LL York, YO10 4FY
GCSE results
Attainment 846.9 55.2 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths45.7% 63.4% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.1% 82.3% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc39.4% 45.7% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.27 4.98 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort221 254
A-level results
A-level entries75 153
A-level average points32.7 41.8 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ B+
Best 3 A-levels points32.1 41.6 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects12.7% 30.2% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,218 1,765
Free school meals (ever 6)15.8% 9.6%
English as an additional language4.1% 10.4%
SEN support12.2% 11.9%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 2.2%
Attendance
Overall absence9.3% 6.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence25.7% 15.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College

Fulford School

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