The Dales School
Community special school · Ages 2–19 · Northallerton, North Yorkshire
The Dales School is a special school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire for ages 2–19. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Morton-on-Swale, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton, Northallerton, DL7 9QW
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2–19
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Positive relationships between pupils and staff ensure pupils are safe, well cared for and happy.”
- “Pupils settle quickly and engage well with staff.”
- “Pupils confidently approach staff for help and communicate their needs.”
To improve
- “However, the school recognises that there is more to do to ensure that these are aligned better with the knowledge and skills pupils need to learn, to inform future teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
What a pass unlocks for The Dales School
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service 2.9 mi Not judged
- Mowbray Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Breckenbrough School 6.6 mi Good
- Aysgarth School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Darwin School 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Queen Mary's School 10.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Clervaux Garden School 11.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cambian Spring Hill 11.9 mi No Ofsted grade