Driffield School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 9 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Unique reference
143854
Address
Manorfield Road, YO25 5HR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1383 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.8%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.6%
Other White 2.7%
Mixed 1.6%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.8
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE215
English LiteratureGCSE211
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Driffield School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
240
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
8
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
237
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
133
122
Year 8
260
131
129
Year 9
223
121
102
Year 10
218
99
119
Year 11
254
127
127
Year 12
98
50
48
Year 13
75
39
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.1%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
33.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
33.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
17.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
76.0%
59.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
18.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
16.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
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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