Bedale High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Bedale, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bedale High School is a secondary school in Bedale, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Bedale High 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 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, though places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published Year 7 outcome.
- The last distance offered for Year 7 swung sharply between some years, with 2022 and 2023 the pair furthest apart.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 83 first-choice applications for 89 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest 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
- Fitzalan Road, Bedale, DL8 2EQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 555 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school that has improved rapidly.”
- “Pupils here experience a calm, welcoming and ambitious school.”
- “They feel safe, included and able to succeed.”
To improve
- “Published outcomes over time in national examinations and tests do not reflect the school's current picture.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 83 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.
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form College 7.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Risedale School 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wensleydale School 9.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Richmond School & Sixth Form College 10.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy 10.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 10.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 10.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thirsk School & Sixth Form College 10.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published