Risedale School
Hipswell, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4BD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mrs Lucy Greenwood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 925
- Pupils on roll
- 467
- URN
- 121663
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01748833501
About this school
Risedale School is a community secondary school in Catterick Garrison. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 467 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Risedale School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 115 | 114 | 111 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.0 | 32.3 | 29.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.43 -0.72 to -0.14 | -0.56 -0.83 to -0.29 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 7.9% | 5.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 17.5% | 22.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 40.4% | 29.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Risedale School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.3 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 29.8 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 589 |
| 2023/24 | 564 |
| 2024/25 | 543 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Risedale School compares
Risedale School ranked 41st of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 22% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29.8 | 11.5% | 33.7% | 467 | — |
| Richmond School & Sixth Form College | 45.6 | 8% | 17.2% | 1,315 | 2.0 miles |
| St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy | 54.6 | 4.2% | 12.4% | 611 | 2.2 miles |
| Wensleydale School | 41.5 | 7.9% | 18.3% | 407 | 6.3 miles |
| Bedale High School | 46.1 | 8.8% | 21.3% | 555 | 8.2 miles |
| Hurworth School | 49.1 | 8.6% | 25.9% | 621 | 10.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.7%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.53%
- Persistent absence
- 29.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Richmond School & Sixth Form College2.0 miles
Secondary · Richmond
-
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Richmond
-
Wensleydale School6.3 miles
Secondary · Leyburn
-
Bedale High School8.2 miles
Secondary · Bedale
-
Hurworth School10.1 miles
Secondary · Darlington
Other schools in Catterick Garrison
Common questions
- What ages does Risedale School teach?
- Risedale School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Catterick Garrison.
- Who is the principal of Risedale School?
- The principal of Risedale School is Mrs Lucy Greenwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Risedale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Risedale School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Risedale School?
- Risedale School has 467 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Risedale School full?
- Risedale School has capacity for 925 pupils and 467 on roll (50%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Risedale School a faith school?
- No. Risedale School has no designated religious character.
- Is Risedale School a selective school?
- No. Risedale School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Risedale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34 in 2022/23 and 29.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Risedale School compare with other schools in North Yorkshire?
- Risedale School ranked 41st of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 22% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Risedale School's absence rate?
- Risedale School's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Risedale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Risedale School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.