Barlby High School
York Road, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5JP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anouska Gardner
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Hope Sentamu Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Selby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 482
- URN
- 144929
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01757706161
About this school
Barlby High School is a secondary academy in Selby. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 482 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 107 | 120 | 98 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | 47.8 | 42.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 -0.62 to -0.08 | -0.03 -0.29 to +0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 45% | 37.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 72.5% | 60.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 48.3% | 3.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
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 Barlby High 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 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.8 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.8 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 546 |
| 2023/24 | 524 |
| 2024/25 | 480 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barlby High School compares
Barlby High School ranked 28th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.8 | 11.1% | 15.2% | 482 | — |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 42.1 | 9.7% | 26.3% | 1,176 | 2.2 miles |
| Brayton Academy | 53.4 | 5.5% | 16.6% | 988 | 2.7 miles |
| The Snaith School | 46.3 | 6.5% | 16.9% | 837 | 7.9 miles |
| Howden School | 46.2 | 6.4% | 19.6% | 699 | 8.3 miles |
| Sherburn High School | 51.3 | 7.9% | 18.5% | 951 | 8.9 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 25 April 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.21%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 11.08%
- Persistent absence
- 29.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science2.2 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Brayton Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
The Snaith School7.9 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Howden School8.3 miles
Secondary · Goole
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Sherburn High School8.9 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Selby
- Brayton Academy Secondary
- Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science Secondary
- Barlby Community Primary School Primary
- Barlow Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby Primary
- Brayton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Camblesforth Community Primary Academy Primary
- Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hemingbrough Community Primary School Primary
- North Duffield Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Barlby High School teach?
- Barlby High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Selby.
- Who is the headteacher of Barlby High School?
- The headteacher of Barlby High School is Mrs Anouska Gardner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Barlby High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Barlby High 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 big is Barlby High School?
- Barlby High School has 482 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Barlby High School full?
- Barlby High School has capacity for 750 pupils and 482 on roll (64%), 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 Barlby High School a faith school?
- No. Barlby High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Barlby High School a selective school?
- No. Barlby High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Barlby High School?
- Barlby High School is part of HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Barlby High School have?
- The schools register lists Barlby High School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Barlby High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.3 in 2022/23 and 42.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Barlby High School rank locally?
- Barlby High School ranked 28th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Barlby High School's absence rate?
- Barlby High School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Barlby High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barlby High 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 July 2026.