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State secondary · 11 to 16 · Mixed · 351 pupils

Upper Wharfedale School

Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5BS · North Yorkshire
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Ofsted: Standards maintained · December 2024Top 43% (16/38)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,156th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 43%.
Top 43% (16/38)Rank among 38 North Yorkshire secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the North Yorkshire league table →
Inspection
Standards maintained, December 2024
Getting in
Last offer 9.48 mi (2026)
Results
+0.60 progress 8; 48.9 attainment 8
Size
351 pupils; 66 places a year; classes of 20
Run by
North Yorkshire council
Type
Community school
Ages
11 to 16 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.60, against +0.09 in North Yorkshire.
  • Persistently absent: 22.6%, against 24.1% in North Yorkshire.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 42%, against 49% in North Yorkshire.
Could your child get in?Offers reached between 9.04 and 9.48 miles in the last 4 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →

At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outNorth Yorkshire and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against North Yorkshire and England
This schoolNorth YorkshireEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.60
Better than North Yorkshire
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
48.9
In line with North Yorkshire
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
42%
Worse than North Yorkshire
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.9%
In line with North Yorkshire
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
22.6%
Better than North Yorkshire
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
4.1
Better than North Yorkshire
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
19.5
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
15%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.3
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
More sought after than North Yorkshire
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027
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SourceNorth Yorkshire Council offer-day figures, 2023 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Offers reached between 9.04 and 9.48 miles in the last 4 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
9.5 mi4.750
2023202420252026

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: North Yorkshire Council, 2023 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026—24970—9.48
Year 72025—24870—9.04
Year 72024—25170—9.45
Year 72023—25970—9.14

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 4 December 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

  • Standards maintained
  • Progress 8: +0.60 (England +0.01) (county +0.09)
  • Attainment 8: 48.9 (England 47.4) (county 47.8)
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 42% (England 48%) (county 49%)
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well above average

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.60+0.01+0.092023/2024
Attainment 848.947.447.82025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above42%48%49%2025/2026

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 43% (16/38)

Where leavers go

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SourceDfE, destination measures.

Things to know
  • A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/246991%In education 84%; Apprenticeship 7.2%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2022/235897%In education 79%; Apprenticeship 12%; Employment 5.2%
After GCSEs2021/226797%In education 82%; Apprenticeship 7.5%; Employment 7.5%
North Yorkshire league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 7.9% of sessions missed; 23% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 4 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 19.5 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 16.3 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 84 m
  • 2 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 2.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.0 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.9%6.5%1.4%23%3.8%
2023/248.5%6.5%2.0%25%3.2%
2022/237.5%6.0%1.5%21%2.2%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/254.14.1%150
2023/244.72.5%170
2022/235.12.8%180
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size19.52025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.3November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus84

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20252
20240
20230
20220
20210

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO22.62024
PM107.22024
PM255.02024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals15%2025/26
First language other than English5.7%2025/26
SEN support13%2025/26
Education, health and care plan8.3%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Ofsted

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2024.

DateKindOutcome
4 December 2024Ungraded visitStandards maintained

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026

  • 65 families put it first for 66 places; 59 of them got in
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026666524159
Year 72025667623759
Year 72024667524360
Year 72023648524859
Year 72022708818868
Year 72021698318666
Year 720206710320967
Year 72019678118263
Year 72018556715655
Year 72017557517551

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (North Yorkshire), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Skipton Girls' High School7.4 miErmysted's Grammar School7.5 miThe Skipton Academy7.6 miNidderdale High School9.8 miCompare side by side →
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: North Yorkshire Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Skipton and the North Yorkshire league table.

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