Settle College

Community school·Secondary school Settle, North Yorkshire·BD24 0AU
Composite score
52.6
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#2,204
National rank
#202
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#28
In North Yorkshire
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
31%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.77

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
62 first choices, 80 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 80 places
Applications from another council area
13%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.7020230.9420240.8520250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Settle College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
586
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,275
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
101 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
13%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

Settle College at a glance

Located in Settle, North Yorkshire, Settle College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 586 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.1 — below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 59% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Settle College their first choice was offered one of its 80 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Settle College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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