Mowbray Academy
Special / other · Bedale · DL8 2SD
Data updated
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 26 April 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
316 pupils · 100% of 316 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 2–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151277
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Severe Learning Difficulty
Provision type: SEN unit.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 87% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 66%) · Any other White background 6% (North Yorkshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (North Yorkshire 2%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 7.27 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
2.48% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
75.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 38.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,536; 9.8% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 31.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 24.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 38.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 11.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 12.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027588 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £240,000140 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £154,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- Bedale Church of England Primary School
- Bedale High School
- Crakehall Church of England Primary School
- Snape Community Primary School
- Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary School
- Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Leeming RAF Community Primary School