Bridlington School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 11–18 · Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bridlington School is a secondary school in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bridlington School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Year 7 had 139 first-choice applications for 157 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 18 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 9 of the 16 other East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 15% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- In 2024/25, the A level average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bessingby Road, Bridlington, YO16 4QU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 881 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Bridlington School provides pupils with a well-rounded education.”
- “It allows them to develop knowledge and skills for their next steps in education and work.”
- “Pupils who need support to improve reading are supported effectively with regular interventions.”
To improve
- “Not all pupils attend often and regularly enough.”
- “Despite leaders’ actions to reduce absence, whole-school attendance is not high enough.”
- “Leaders are aware that curriculum decisions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted overall performance measures.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 15% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 30.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 139 first-preference applications, 157 offers in total, 139 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Headlands School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Driffield School and Sixth Form 10.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 11.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 18.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 18.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 19.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cottingham High School 22.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holderness Academy 23.0 mi Not judged Last distance published