Settle College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Settle, 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Settle College is a secondary school in Settle, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Settle College 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, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 62 first-choice applications for 80 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 31% (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools (this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire).
- In 2024/25 the average A level grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well above average.
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
- Giggleswick, Settle, BD24 0AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 561 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “This close-knit, nurturing school has high-quality pastoral care.”
- “Pupils and parents value the support it offers.”
- “Staff are ambitious for what pupils can, and will, achieve academically.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent across the school.”
- “When staff identify misconceptions, especially in pupils’ written work, they do not always ensure pupils have rectified these before moving on to new learning.”
- “This leaves gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2024 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 62 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.
- Upper Wharfedale School 11.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Skipton Academy 12.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Skipton Girls' High School 12.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ermysted's Grammar School 13.0 mi Good Last distance published
- South Craven School 16.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 20.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wensleydale School 25.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 30.5 mi Not judged Last distance published