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Risedale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Hipswell, Catterick Garrison DL9 4BD · risedale.org.uk · 01748 833501
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 29.8
- average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 467
- 50% of 925 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 70 | 59 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 92 | 69 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 96 | 71 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 111 | 99 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 138 | 100 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 29.8, and 5.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Yorkshire it was 46.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼29.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼5.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼22.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼29.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.61 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | −3.5 |
| Sixth form college | 23.7 | −3.5 |
| Further education | 51.8 | +10.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −4.4 |
| Employment | 7.9 | −2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.2 | +7.1 |
| Activity not captured | 0.9 | −1.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Risedale School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
41% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 41%
- Replies
- 32
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (41%) with SEND