Driffield School and Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Driffield School and Sixth Form is a secondary school in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Driffield School and Sixth Form 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 217 first-choice applications for 228 Year 7 offers in 2026; 216 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
- There are 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.6 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Manorfield Road, Driffield, YO25 5HR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Driffield School and Sixth Form is an inclusive school, where pupils are encouraged to ‘Be Here, Be Yourself and Be Your Best’.”
- “The school believes passionately in its cornerstone values of care, perseverance, respect and responsibility.”
- “This creates an atmosphere where pupils achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, the actions taken have not yet been shown in the attendance of pupils who are disadvantaged.”
- “This is having a negative impact on the achievement of pupils who are disadvantaged.”
- “However, the outcomes for Year 11 pupils in 2024 do not reflect this.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (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) | 44 | 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: 217 first-preference applications, 228 offers in total, 216 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 East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Bridlington School 10.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 11.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Beverley High School 11.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Headlands School 11.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 12.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 12.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Market Weighton School 13.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College 14.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published