Applefields School
Bad Bargain Lane, Burnholme, York, YO31 0LW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Applefields School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Booker
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- York Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 224
- Pupils on roll
- 224
- URN
- 134727
- Local authority
- York
About this school
Applefields School was a community special school in York. It taught children aged 11 to 19 and had 224 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Applefields School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2004, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 22 | 31 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.57 -2.22 to -0.92 | -1.78 -2.31 to -1.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 3.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 3.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
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 Applefields 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 | York average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.4 | 40.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.3 | 43 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1.7 | 44.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
| 2024/25 | 224 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.71%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.85%
- Persistent absence
- 27.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Applefields School0.0 miles
Academies · York
-
University of York1.2 miles
Universities · York
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York St John University1.4 miles
Universities · York
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Bootham School1.7 miles
Independent schools · York
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St Peter's School 2-181.9 miles
Independent schools · York
Other schools in York
- Applefields School Academies
- Danesgate Community Local authority maintained schools
- Hob Moor Oaks Academy Academies
- Inspire Academy Special schools
- Welburn Hall School Special schools
- St Paul's Nursery School Nursery
- Acomb Primary School Primary
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School Primary
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe Primary
- Badger Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Barmby Moor Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Applefields School teach?
- Applefields School taught children aged 11 to 19. It was a special school in York.
- Has Applefields School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Applefields 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 many pupils are at Applefields School?
- Applefields School had 224 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- How have Applefields School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.4 in 2022/23 and 1.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Applefields School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Applefields 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 31 August 2025.