Barlby High School

Secondary · Selby · YO8 5JP

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 21 January 2026

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At a glance

482 pupils · 64% of 750 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 11–16
Gender: Mixed
Admissions: Non-selective
Free school meals: 18.5% of pupils
English as additional language: 3.1% of pupils
SEN support: 6.9% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.5% of pupils
Website: https://bhs.hlt.academy/
URN: 144929

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

95 places offered · 73 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Attainment 8 score

42.8

England 46.1

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

60.2%

England 64.8%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

37.8%

England 45.4%

EBacc average point score

3.6

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)

10.1%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

26.3%

England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

18.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% 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£8,475

Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

97%

Continuing in education

92%

Apprenticeship

Employment

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

Inspection history since 2015

25 November 2025: Expected standard (report card inspection)
25 April 2023: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
30 November 2022: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures (ungraded inspection)
23 November 2021: Inadequate (graded inspection)

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

Nearby schools

Barlby Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Barlby Bridge Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.6 mi
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.9 mi
Barwic Parade Community Primary School, SelbyNot yet graded · Primary · 2.0 mi
Selby Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.0 mi
The Rubicon CentreGood · Special / other · 2.1 mi
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and ScienceGood · Secondary · 2.2 mi
Riccall Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.3 mi

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