Boroughbridge High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 4 2023 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
121699
Address
Wetherby Road, Boroughbridge, YO51 9JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
438 (58% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
7.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.9%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.4%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 3.4%
Other 0.9%
African 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award4
Speech & DramaTechnical Award4
TourismTechnical Award19
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
DanceGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Boroughbridge High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
50
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
45
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
45
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
82
32
50
Year 8
97
58
39
Year 9
98
48
50
Year 10
95
57
38
Year 11
66
31
35
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
63.0%
83.3%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
35.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
20.0%
34.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
12.0%
4.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
18.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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