Sherburn High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 2023 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
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
145819
Address
Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, LS25 6AS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
857 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.2%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.4%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other White 1.1%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.57
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE147
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
FrenchGCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sherburn High 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
174
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
82
102
Year 8
151
76
75
Year 9
169
97
72
Year 10
147
74
73
Year 11
133
64
69
Year 12
38
19
19
Year 13
35
19
16
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
31.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
40.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
11.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
60.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
27.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
24.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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