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Bedale High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Fitzalan Road, Bedale DL8 2EQ · bedalehighschool.org.uk · 01677 422419
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.1
- average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 555
- 79% of 700 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- First language not English
- 3.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 89 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 | 89 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 100 | 80 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 113 | 96 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 127 | 110 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 125 | 109 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 39.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼34.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.02 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.9 | −0.3 |
| Sixth form college | 18.8 | −19.3 |
| Further education | 47.5 | +11.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9 | −1.3 |
| Employment | 9.9 | +6.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +1.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bedale High School on 14 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 14 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
4% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 4%
- Replies
- 26
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 65% who had a child bullied