Sherburn High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Leeds, North Yorkshire·LS25 6AS
Composite score
64.1
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#774
National rank
#52
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#12
In North Yorkshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
65%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
4.40

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
173 first choices, 179 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
268
any preference, for 179 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9920230.9920240.9520250.972026

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

Every child who put Sherburn High School 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
915
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,427
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
96%
150 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Sherburn High School is a secondary school serving Leeds, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 915 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 51.3 — above 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 top 24% of secondary schools nationally.

65% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sherburn High School their first choice was offered one of its 179 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Sherburn High School 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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