Bridlington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Unique reference
118111
Address
Bessingby Road, YO16 4QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
969 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
48%
Persistent absence
35.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 3.2%
Irish 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.4
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE31
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE57
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE36
Art & DesignGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE183
English LiteratureGCSE174
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE70
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bridlington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
98
81
Year 8
190
109
81
Year 9
171
89
82
Year 10
170
93
77
Year 11
172
87
85
Year 12
41
23
18
Year 13
46
25
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.1%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
33.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
21.0%
33.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
17.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
50.0%
59.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
18.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
8.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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