Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 14 July 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard
- 26 June 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry170 applications · 89 places offered · 83 named it first
- 2026 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2015 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2014 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- This school
- North Yorkshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 89 | 170 | 1.9 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 100 | 178 | 1.8 | 80 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 113 | 181 | 1.6 | 96 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 127 | 196 | 1.5 | 110 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 125 | 145 | 1.2 | 109 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 99 | 122 | 1.2 | 89 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 100 | 118 | 1.2 | 89 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 99 | 118 | 1.2 | 85 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 80 | 111 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 | 106 | 144 | 1.4 | 89 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 | 102 | 139 | 1.4 | 97 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 111 | 150 | 1.4 | 104 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 131 | 161 | 1.2 | 108 | 0.82 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 105 | 47.8 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 101 | 46.1 | 40% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 101 | 42.0 | 31% | 59% | −0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 90 | 40.1 | 29% | 57% | −0.48 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bedale High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · North Yorkshire20261.2applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · North Yorkshire20262.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · North Yorkshire20262.0applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 16.5 km · North YorkshireGood20232.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 16.7 km · North YorkshireGood20242.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 17.2 km · North Yorkshire20261.7applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 121670 · 815/4052
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 700 pupils · 555 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Fitzalan Road, Bedale, DL8 2EQ
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources