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Barlby High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
York Road, Barlby, Selby YO8 5JP · bhs.hlt.academy · 01757 706161
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.8
- average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 482
- 64% of 750 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 95 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 | 95 | 73 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 71 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 121 | 79 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 105 | 76 | 0.7 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.8, and 37.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼3.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.58 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121708)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.5 | — |
| Sixth form college | 0.8 | −0.2 |
| Further education | 80 | +9.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.3 | −5.2 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.2 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | −3.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Barlby High School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jul 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Apr 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective - Nov 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jul 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Positive
- 63%
- Replies
- 57
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 15 parents (26%) whose child was bullied
based on 13 parents (23%) with SEND