Upper Wharfedale School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Skipton, BD23 5BS
- Distance
- 17.9km away
Settle College
Giggleswick, Settle, BD24 0AU
Local ranking23rd of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
694
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 104
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
39
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 82
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 586
- Boys
- 292 (52%)
- Girls
- 269 (48%)
- Capacity
- 694 (81% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.7%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 17.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,275/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
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% 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: 94.0%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
94.0%
White British
2.2%
White Other
0.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Giggleswick
Settle, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121689
- UKPRN
- 10005763
- Establishment No.
- 4205
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