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Barlby High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 482Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144929URN

York Road, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5JP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

144 applications for 95 places · 34th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.7of 90
39th of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 21 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 25 November 2025
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 25 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

144 applications · 95 places offered · 73 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Barlby High School (URN 121708), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026951441.5730.77
Sep 2025911481.6710.78
Sep 2024771281.7680.88
Sep 20231211411.2790.65
Sep 20221051121.1760.72
Sep 20211261441.11180.94
Sep 20201221521.31100.90
Sep 20191351531.11210.90
Sep 20181321401.11090.83
Sep 2017 *1131371.21040.92
Sep 2016 *1031201.2970.94
Sep 2015 *951171.2830.87
Sep 2014 *1201441.21130.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

120 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.739th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%33rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12037.729%53%–
2024/259842.838%60%–
2023/2412047.845%73%−0.03
2022/2310742.328%61%−0.35

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

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144929 · 815/4232
Trust
Heartwood Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 482 on roll
Free school meals
18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Barlby High School (URN 121708)
Address
York Road, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5JP
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources