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Brayton Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Doncaster Road, Selby YO8 9QS · braytonacademy.org.uk · 01757 707731
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 53.4
- 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
- 988
- 82% of 1,208 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 231 places were offered; 95% 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 | 231 | 238 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 217 | 165 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 228 | 183 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 208 | 204 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 128 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53.4, and 67.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲53.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲67.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲78.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲71.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.02 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.7 | — |
| Sixth form college | 22.1 | +18.3 |
| Further education | 61.1 | −18.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7 | +2.2 |
| Employment | 2 | −4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | +2.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | −1.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Brayton Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121701), which Ofsted links to this one.
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 Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121701)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (134 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 134
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (23%) with SEND