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Upper Wharfedale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton BD23 5BS · uws.n-yorks.sch.uk · 01756 752215
On the mapSearch near BD23 5BS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.3
- average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 351
- 1 over 350 places · 100%
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- First language not English
- 5.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 66 places were offered; 91% 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 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 66 | 76 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 75 | 1.1▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 64 | 85 | 1.3▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 88 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.3, and 61% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲80.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.03 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 36.2 | +9.3 |
| Further education | 47.8 | −5.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Upper Wharfedale School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (87 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 87
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (24%) with SEND