Mowbray School
Masham Road, Bedale, DL8 2SD
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Mowbray Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Hargreaves
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 310
- Pupils on roll
- 311
- URN
- 121779
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Mowbray School was a community special school in Bedale. It taught children aged 2 to 16 and had 311 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mowbray School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 25 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -9.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 32 | 24 | 26 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.36 -2.06 to -0.67 | -1.43 -2.01 to -0.85 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 4.2% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 8.3% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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 Mowbray 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 | 0% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.7 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 3.8 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 308 |
| 2023/24 | 311 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.1%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 30.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mowbray Academy0.0 miles
Academies · Bedale
-
Aysgarth School3.4 miles
Independent schools · Bedale
-
The Dales School5.0 miles
Special schools · Northallerton
-
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service7.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Northallerton
-
Breckenbrough School8.1 miles
Special schools · Thirsk
Other schools in Bedale
- Mowbray Academy Academies
- Bedale Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Crakehall Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School Primary
- Snape Community Primary School Primary
- Bedale High School Secondary
- Aysgarth School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Mowbray School teach?
- Mowbray School taught children aged 2 to 16. It was a special school in Bedale.
- Has Mowbray School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mowbray School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Mowbray School?
- Mowbray School had 311 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 16.
- How have Mowbray School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mowbray School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mowbray 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 10 January 2025.