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Woldgate School and Sixth Form College

Secondary Ages 11-18 1,167 pupils York

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College is an academy converter in York (East Riding Of Yorkshire) for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 1,167 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.7, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address 92 Kilnwick Road
Pocklington
York
North Yorkshire
YO42 2LL
Phone 01759302395
Reference Number 143588

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1167
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.27%
Girls: 47.73%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 105 79 184
8 92 88 180
9 110 104 214
10 102 102 204
11 117 102 219
12 44 54 98
13 40 28 68

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.4%
White, Other 3.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White & Asian 0.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
African 0.1%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 25 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Feb 2025 School inspection
01 Oct 2019 School inspection
06 Jan 2017 Academy conversion letter
13 May 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
18 Jul 2013 Monitoring visit
15 May 2013 Full inspection:
22 Jun 2011 Curriculum and development visit
19 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
23 Oct 2008 Curriculum and development visit
01 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
02 Dec 2002 Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
49.7

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 53.9%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 70.3%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 12.7%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 40 13
Third Preference 11 3
From another Local Authority 3 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Woldgate School and Sixth Form College had 1,204 pupils for 1,100 places. That is 104 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Woldgate Secondary” planning area

East Riding of Yorkshire counted 181 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 194 in 2031–32, up 7%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 1,4101,4081,4081,1001,1001,1001,1001,100
Pupils 1,0511,0331,0881,1721,2061,2471,2641,204
Unfilled 25.5%26.6%22.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woldgate School and Sixth Form College attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.0%4.2%3.9%7.3%5.0%6.5%7.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.6%0.6%0.8%1.5%2.3%2.4%2.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.2%0.9%0.7%2.4%1.6%2.7%4.7%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.0% of pupils at Woldgate School and Sixth Form College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.83.43.45.02.53.05.19.3
Permanent exclusions 12321412

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woldgate School and Sixth Form College had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.013.913.012.713.013.513.312.612.0
Teachers who left state teaching 14.8%8.6%5.0%4.0%11.6%11.0%8.7%2.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.6%56.5%–37.5%59.2%48.7%64.0%56.2%–
Sick days per teacher 11.47.0–4.08.75.38.58.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Woldgate School and Sixth Form College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 50 13
Specific learning difficulty 32 6
Moderate learning difficulty 31 4
Speech, language and communication needs 19 6
Autistic spectrum disorder 14 9
Hearing impairment 6 2
Other difficulty or disability 7 1
Physical disability 2 3
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Vision impairment 2 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Woldgate School and Sixth Form College received £7,878 and spent £7,819 for each of its 1,218 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £194,000 (-£159 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Wonder Learning Partnership, income was £7,565 and spending £7,542 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£802,000-£431,000-£75,000-£141,000-£421,000-£278,000-£194,000
per pupil -£743-£381-£64-£116-£334-£220-£159
In-year balance £194,000£159,000£374,000£271,000-£206,000£181,000£71,000
per pupil £180£141£318£224-£163£143£59

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Pocklington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School
Maxwell Road, York, East Yorkshire, YO42 2HE
0.47 miles
St Mary & St Joseph Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Maxwell Road, Pocklington, YO42 2HE
0.47 miles
Pocklington Junior School
65 Kirkland Street, Pocklington, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 2BX
0.58 miles
Barmby Moor Church of England Primary School
Flat Lane, Barmby Moor, York, East Yorkshire, YO42 4EQ
2.17 miles
Warter Church of England Primary School
Addlekel, Warter, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 1XR
3.52 miles
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Fangfoss
Fangfoss, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 5QG
3.82 miles
Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Main Street, Bishop Wilton, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 1SP
3.91 miles
Melbourne Primary School
Main Street, Melbourne, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 4QE
4.97 miles
Name Distance
Pocklington School
West Green, York, YO42 2NJ
0.77 miles
Allerthorpe School
Innov8 Business Park, Carr Lane, Pocklington, YO42 1NT
1.62 miles

All schools in York (East Riding Of Yorkshire) · East Riding of Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College is part of Wonder Learning Partnership, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Woldgate School and Sixth Form College have?

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College has 1,167 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woldgate School and Sixth Form College cover?

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Woldgate School and Sixth Form College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.7, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Woldgate School and Sixth Form College?

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College is at 92 Kilnwick Road, Pocklington, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 2LL.

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