Upper Wharfedale School
Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5BS
Local ranking10th of 43 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 14.3%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0
- Cohort Size
- 77
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 363
- Boys
- 188 (52%)
- Girls
- 175 (48%)
- Capacity
- 350 (104% full)
- SEND
- 15.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.8%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,348/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6%
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: 86.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.8%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
86.7%
White British
2.8%
Asian Pakistani
1.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 121690
- UKPRN
- 10015962
- Establishment No.
- 4206