Boroughbridge High School
Wetherby Road, Boroughbridge, York, North Yorkshire, YO51 9JX ·
At a glance
A state secondary school for ages 11–16 in York. Rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection (May 2023). GCSE results are below the England average (Attainment 8: 43.0 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 43 families put it first for 48 places (September 2026 entry).
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 388
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Headteacher
- Miss Kathryn Stephenson
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 65 pupils
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
Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)
43 of 43 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.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)21.9%
- English as an additional language7.1%
- SEN support26%
- Education, Health and Care plan5.3%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.