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Wensleydale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Richmond Road, Leyburn DL8 5HY · wensleydaleschool.net · 01969 622244
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.5
- 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
- 407
- 93% of 440 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 77 families put the school first and 83 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 | 83 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 80 | 95 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 83 | 87 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.5, and 34.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Yorkshire it was 46.5, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade E+ (14.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.9 | +4.8 |
| Sixth form college | 22.5 | +0.5 |
| Further education | 40.8 | +18.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 9.9 | −17.2 |
| Employment | 4.2 | −4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | +1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | −2.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 students | E+ (14.2) | Below average -0.52 | |
| 15 students | D- (15.3) | Below average -0.46 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 19 | D (19.8) | -0.27 |
| 2016/17 | 25 | C- (26.6) | +0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 25 | D+ (24) | -0.07 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2022/23 | |
|---|---|
| University | 33.3 |
| Employment | 50 |
| Activity not captured | 16.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wensleydale School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 95
- 29% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (32%) with SEND