Boroughbridge High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · York, 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 🔒
Boroughbridge High School is a secondary school in York, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Boroughbridge 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 was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, whereas places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 22.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.7% across 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
- Wetherby Road, Boroughbridge, York, YO51 9JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 388 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Staff know pupils well at Boroughbridge High School.”
- “There are positive relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “Most pupils enjoy attending the school, and the majority agree that if bullying does happen that it is dealt with well by leaders.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers have high enough expectations of pupils’ behaviour and do not routinely challenge low-level disruption in classrooms.”
- “Although many pupils feel safe in school, some do not.”
- “Some pupils in lower year groups say they are worried or concerned about the behaviour and conduct of some older pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43 | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 43 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.
- King James's School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 8.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Easingwold 8.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 8.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 8.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published