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Risedale School

Hipswell, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, DL9 4BD ·

Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2024
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At a glance

A state secondary school for ages 11–16 in Catterick Garrison. Ofsted inspection (December 2024): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 29.8 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 59 families put it first for 70 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages
11–16
Pupils
467
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Headteacher
Mrs Lucy Greenwood

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 3 Dec 2024

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective: Yes

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 111 pupils

Attainment 8
29.8
England 46.1
Grade 5+ Eng & maths
5.4%
England 45.4%
Grade 4+ Eng & maths
22.5%
England 64.8%
Progress 8
-0.56
2023/24 · CI -0.83 to -0.29
This school
29.8
North Yorkshire
46.5
England
46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made
70
1st preferences
59
All applications
129
1st prefs per place
0.84
Fewer first choices than places

59 of 59 first-preference applicants were offered a place (100%).

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils
543
Capacity
925
50% full
Girls / boys
47/53
Mixed
  • Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)33.7%
  • English as an additional language9.2%
  • SEN support21.2%
  • Education, Health and Care plan5.5%
  • The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.
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