Queen Ethelburga's College
Other independent school · Mixed · North Yorkshire
Undercroft Administration Centre, York, YO26 9SS
55
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
736
Capacity used
Has space61%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Lauren Blakeley
- Address
- Undercroft Administration Centre, Thorpe Underwood Estate, York, YO26 9SS
- Phone
- 01423333333
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Ouseburn · Wetherby and Easingwold
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 131124
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
736 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 15% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 18% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.56 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 24.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.87 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 85 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.1 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 89 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 85 | 11% | 48% | 79% | |
| Business | 45 | 16% | 51% | 71% | |
| Geography | 35 | 6% | 63% | 83% | |
| Art and Design | 30 | 43% | 87% | 97% | |
| Combined Science | 28 | 0% | 4% | 36% | |
| Physical Education | 17 | 24% | 76% | 94% | |
| History | 13 | 38% | 69% | 92% | |
| Statistics | 13 | 38% | 92% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 10 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 9 | 0% | 33% | 44% | |
| Drama | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Dance | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 21 | 5% | 43% | 90% | |
| Mathematics | 15 | 7% | 27% | 60% | |
| Russian | 10 | 40% | 100% | 100% | |
| Photography | 6 | 17% | 67% | 83% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13443: Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate (formerly College)
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 11 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | 0% |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.