Brayton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · North Yorkshire
Doncaster Road, Selby, YO8 9QS
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
13.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
988
Capacity used
Has space82%
1,208 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
165 of 165 families who put it first got an offer
217
Places offered
447
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 165 | 165 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 220 | 29 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 53 | 5 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 447 | 199 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
North Yorkshire lets families list 5 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Carney
- Address
- Doncaster Road, Selby, YO8 9QS
- Phone
- 01757707731
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Brayton & Barlow · Selby
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 143138
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: RESILIENCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
988 pupils · 1,208 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 967 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.59 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 79% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.84 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 67.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 71.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 159 | 31% | 64% | 78% | |
| Mathematics | 158 | 40% | 80% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 155 | 22% | 63% | 79% | |
| French | 113 | 18% | 69% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 108 | 7% | 47% | 75% | |
| Geography | 80 | 38% | 66% | 76% | |
| History | 72 | 44% | 67% | 76% | |
| Business | 58 | 52% | 76% | 88% | |
| Physical Education | 51 | 20% | 69% | 76% | |
| Biology | 45 | 58% | 96% | 98% | |
| Physics | 44 | 55% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 43% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Yorkshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.