The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2022 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
121679
Address
Richmond Road, DL8 5HY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
363 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
1.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.6%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.4%
Mixed 1.5%
Other White 1.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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 14%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE33
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE57
English LiteratureGCSE56
FrenchGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
83
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
65
35
30
Year 8
82
41
41
Year 9
69
41
28
Year 10
75
38
37
Year 11
72
31
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
14.0%
31.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
27.0%
40.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
30.0%
11.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.8%
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
38.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
27.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
24.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
13.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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