Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 25 May 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry184 applications · 83 places offered · 77 named it first
- 2026 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2015 1.3; 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 | 83 | 184 | 2.2 | 77 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 80 | 217 | 2.7 | 95 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2024 | 83 | 159 | 1.9 | 87 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 122 | 2.5 | 45 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 53 | 70 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 73 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 71 | 94 | 1.3 | 67 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 62 | 82 | 1.3 | 60 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 50 | 71 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 53 | 69 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 72 | 93 | 1.3 | 69 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 79 | 97 | 1.2 | 73 | 0.92 |
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.) | 67 | 40.1 | 28% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 72 | 41.5 | 35% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 71 | 41.4 | 25% | 51% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 57 | 41.7 | 32% | 60% | −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
- Wensleydale SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · North Yorkshire20262.0applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 25.1 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 25.7 km · North Yorkshire20261.2applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 26.4 km · DarlingtonGood20221.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 26.8 km · North YorkshireGood20232.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 121679 · 815/4075
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 440 pupils · 407 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Richmond Road, Leyburn, DL8 5HY
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources