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About the school

Barlby High School is an open secondary school in North Yorkshire.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.

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Latest inspection
25 November 2025
Published
21 January 2026
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Published inspection outcomes

Safeguarding

Met

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Needs attention

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Not applicable

Sixth form

Not applicable

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

98 pupils

Attainment 8

School
42.8
North Yorkshire
46.5
England
46.1

Progress 8

The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.

School
N/A
North Yorkshire
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
37.80%
North Yorkshire
47.00%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
60.20%
North Yorkshire
67.40%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
3.10%
North Yorkshire
37.50%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
3.58
North Yorkshire
4.12
England
4.09

Pupil context and attendance

DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.

Pupils on roll

480

Girls

46.46%

Boys

53.54%

SEN support

6.88%

Education, health and care plan

3.54%

English as an additional language

3.10%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

15.21%

Overall absence

11.08

Persistent absence

29.88

Pupil destinations

DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

107

Sustained education or employment

97%

Education

92%

Apprenticeship

3%

Employment

3%

Not sustained

1%

After 16–18 study

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