Northallerton School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Northallerton, DL6 1ED
- Distance
- 11.9km away
Bedale High School
Fitzalan Road, Bedale, DL8 2EQ
Local ranking21st of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
700
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 105
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 13.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 560
- Boys
- 275 (50%)
- Girls
- 280 (50%)
- Capacity
- 700 (79% full)
- SEND
- 27.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.3%
- EAL
- 3.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 24.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,071/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
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.3%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.2%
93.3%
White British
3.4%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Fitzalan Road
Bedale, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121670
- UKPRN
- 10014827
- Establishment No.
- 4052
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