Wensleydale School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Leyburn, 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 🔒
Wensleydale School is a secondary school in Leyburn, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Wensleydale 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out in all 5 earlier years, when a last distance was published for Year 7.
- 22 of the 39 other North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Year 7 2026 had 77 first-choice applications for 83 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th 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
- Richmond Road, Leyburn, DL8 5HY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 407 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at Wensleydale School, where everyone is welcome.”
- “Positive relationships between staff and pupils ensure that pupils feel seen and included.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and look forward to their afternoon enrichment activities.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, a small number of pupils do not show the respect they should.”
- “The quality of pupils’ written work is more variable and often inconsistent across subjects, which impacts how well some pupils build knowledge.”
- “Incidents of poor behaviour happen occasionally.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.5 | 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: 77 first-preference applications, 83 offers in total, 77 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.
- Risedale School 6.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Richmond School & Sixth Form College 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy 7.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bedale High School 9.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 15.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form College 15.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 16.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 16.8 mi Good Last distance published