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Driffield School and Sixth Form

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Manorfield Road, Driffield YO25 5HR · driffieldschool.net · 01377 253631

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
44
average Attainment 8 score. East Riding of Yorkshire 44.9, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,414
71% of 1,992 places
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26%
First language not English
2.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Education Alliance

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 217 families put the school first and 228 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 266 (Places 266)266September 2023: 244 (Places 249)244September 2024: 240 (Places 237)240September 2025: 229 (Places 232)229September 2026: 217 (Places 228)217Places 228
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262282171100%
September 2025Sept 20252322291100%
September 2024Sept 20242372401▲99%
September 2023Sept 20232492441100%
September 2022Sept 2022266266198%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 35.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Riding of Yorkshire it was 44.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 45.9 (England 46.5)45.92018/19: 46.2 (England 46.7)46.22021/22: 46.6 (England 48.8)46.62022/23: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82023/24: 43.3 (England 45.9)43.32024/25: 44.0 (England 46.0)44.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4446
▼35.3%45.4%
▼62.1%64.8%
▲44.2%40.5%
●4.004.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118078)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form44.2−2.4
Sixth form college4.8−4.2
Further education30.3+0.1
Other education1.6+1.1
Apprenticeship6.8+2
Employment4.4+0.2
Not in a lasting destination7.6+3.4
Activity not captured0.4−0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 26.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 31.8 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.0 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 39.9 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 32.0 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 36.1 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 32.0 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
73 studentsC+ (32)Average +0.15
73 studentsC+ (32)Average +0.15
46 studentsMerit (26)Average +0.15
23.1%AAB or better
76.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2467B- (36.1)+0.31
2022/2387C+ (32)—
2021/2296B (39.9)—
2018/19109C (31)+0.03
2017/1863C+ (31.8)-0.06
2016/17149C- (26.2)0.00
2015/16153C- (26.1)-0.19

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University44.7−12.9
Further and other education6.6−2.5
Further education2.6+0.6
Other education3.9−3.2
Apprenticeship3.9−1.2
Employment32.9+15.7
Not in a lasting destination6.6+0.5
Activity not captured5.3+0.2

Ofsted

Driffield School and Sixth Form was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
11 Feb 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118078), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet
  • Mar 2016Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118078)

What parents said

61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (252 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
61%
Replies
252
18% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼67% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼65% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼54% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼68% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼64% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲94% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼68% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼56% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼46% agreeEngland 67%

based on 71 parents (28%) with SEND

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