Risedale School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Risedale School is a secondary school in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Risedale 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 |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 22 of the 39 other North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published Year 7 outcome, and the last distance offered swung sharply between some of those years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 59 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hipswell, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4BD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “The new headteacher has raised standards and expectations.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils will achieve.”
- “Pupils build positive relationships with staff at the school.”
To improve
- “Published outcomes show that pupils’ achievement is significantly below national averages and is declining.”
- “Pupils’ achievement does not currently match these expectations.”
- “A small number of pupils display boisterous behaviour at social times.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (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) | 5% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 29.8 | 46 |
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: 59 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 59 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 North Yorkshire.
- Richmond School & Sixth Form College 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wensleydale School 6.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bedale High School 8.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form College 11.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 18.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 18.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thirsk School & Sixth Form College 18.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published