Driffield School and Sixth Form

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Manorfield Road
Driffield
YO25 5HR
Phone 01377253631
Reference Number 143854

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1383
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.61%
Girls: 49.39%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 23%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 133 122 255
8 131 129 260
9 121 102 223
10 99 119 218
11 127 127 254
12 50 48 98
13 39 36 75

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.6%
White, Other 2.7%
White & Asian 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.1%
White & Black (African) 0.1%
Asian, Other 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2025-03-19
Date Description Report
2025-02-11 School inspection School inspection
2020-01-08 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-09-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
43.3 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 38.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 55.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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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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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 32.03 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 32.64 Unlock Unlock

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 12.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 7 6

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Driffield Junior School
Bridlington Road, Driffield, YO25 5HN
0.37 miles
Northfield Infant School
Southfield Close, Driffield, YO25 5YN
0.41 miles
Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School
St John's Road, Crosshill, Driffield, YO25 6RS
0.78 miles
Nafferton Primary School
Westgate, Nafferton, Driffield, YO25 4LJ
1.46 miles
Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Station Road, Garton-on-the-Wolds, Driffield, YO25 3EX
3.27 miles
Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School
The Green, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, YO25 9PD
3.74 miles
Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School
Millside, Kilham, Driffield, YO25 4SR
4.16 miles
Name Distance
Kings Mill School
Victoria Road, Driffield, YO25 6UG
0.75 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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