Bridlington School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D41
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bridlington, YO16 4QU
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Headlands School
Sewerby Road, Bridlington, YO16 6UR
Local ranking16th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1482
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 182
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
8
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 73
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1047
- Boys
- 545 (52%)
- Girls
- 512 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1482 (71% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.5%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,422/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.4%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
91.4%
White British
2.9%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sewerby Road
Bridlington, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 118085
- UKPRN
- 10002964
- Establishment No.
- 4064
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