UK Schools
Bedale High School
Bedale High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Bedale, North Yorkshire Council, teaching 555 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in June 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.1 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 12 holidays.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bedale High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bedale High School.
- 1–30 Autumn Term (Half Term 1)
- 1–24 Autumn Term (Half Term 1)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 1–2 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Half Term 2)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (Half Term 2)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term (Half Term 3)
- 1–13 Spring Term (Half Term 3)
- 16–22 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (Half Term 4)
- 1–27 Spring Term (Half Term 4)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term (Half Term 5)
- 1–22 Summer Term (Half Term 5)
- 25–31 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (Half Term 6)
- 1–17 Summer Term (Half Term 6)
- 17 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term (Half Term 1) 1 September 2025 - 24 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday 27 October 2025 - 2 November 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (Half Term 2) 3 November 2025 - 19 December 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday 22 December 2025 - 4 January 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Half Term 3) 5 January 2026 - 13 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday 16 February 2026 - 22 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Half Term 4) 23 February 2026 - 27 March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday 30 March 2026 - 12 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Half Term 5) 13 April 2026 - 22 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday 25 May 2026 - 31 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Half Term 6) 1 June 2026 - 17 July 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday 17 July 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bedale High School with North Yorkshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
Attendance 18.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bedale High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bedale High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.