Bedale High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
121670
Address
Fitzalan Road, DL8 2EQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
566 (58% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.8%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Other White 2.7%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.1
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.45
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE100
English LiteratureGCSE96
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bedale High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
113
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
59
71
Year 8
124
63
61
Year 9
105
46
59
Year 10
104
55
49
Year 11
103
56
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
33.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
6.0%
37.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
38.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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