Risedale School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire Council, teaching 467 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in December 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 29.8 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Risedale School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour & attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership & managementRequires improvement
S5 Inspection · Inspected 3 Dec 2024 · Published 20 Jan 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Risedale School.

Risedale School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Training Day 1 Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
  • Training Day 2 Tuesday 2 September 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term 1 Wednesday 3 September 2025 - Friday 24 October 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Monday 27 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term 2 Monday 3 November 2025 - Friday 19 December 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Monday 22 December 2025 - Friday 2 January 2026 Holiday
  • Training Day 3 Monday 5 January 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term 1 Tuesday 6 January 2026 - Friday 13 February 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 16 February 2026 - Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term 2 Monday 23 February 2026 - Friday 27 March 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Monday 30 March 2026 - Friday 10 April 2026 Holiday
  • Training Day 4 Monday 13 April 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Term 1 Tuesday 14 April 2026 - Friday 22 May 2026 Term
  • May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term 2 Monday 1 June 2026 - Friday 17 July 2026 Term
  • Training Day 5 Monday 20 July 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Late July 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Thursday 25 December 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Friday 26 December 2025 Holiday
  • New Year’s Day (Public Holiday) Thursday 1 January 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Public Holiday) Friday 3 April 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
29.8 Attainment 8 England 46.1
5.4% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
29.8% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Risedale School with North Yorkshire Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 29.8 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school North Yorkshire Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 29.8
North Yorkshire Council 46.5 England 46.1 -16.3 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 5.4%
North Yorkshire Council 47% England 45.4% -40 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 24.1
North Yorkshire Council 31.2 England 34.9 -10.8 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 8.6
North Yorkshire Council 18.9 England 15.5 -6.9 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 33.3%
North Yorkshire Council 18.9% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 111
Attendance 29.8% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school North Yorkshire Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 29.8%
North Yorkshire Council 16.8% England 17.8% +12 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 11.5%
North Yorkshire Council 6.7% England 6.8% +4.8 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 83% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school North Yorkshire Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 83%
North Yorkshire Council 94% England 92% -9 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 74%
North Yorkshire Council 84% England 83% -9 vs 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 Risedale 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Risedale 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.