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Wetherby High School

Secondary · Wetherby · LS22 6JS

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 21 February 2024

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At a glance

828 pupils · 97% of 850 capacity

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
27.7% of pupils
English as additional language
7.2% of pupils
SEN support
14.8% of pupils
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils
Website
http://www.wetherbyhigh.org.uk
URN
108088

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

164 places offered · 141 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

130 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
49.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
72.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
53.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,122
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
80%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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