Secondary school

Ryburn Valley High School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Calderdale
  • HX6 1DF
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Apr 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,135 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 35%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 39%39%2016/17: top 47%2017/18: top 33%33% · 2017/182018/19: top 38%2021/22: top 45%2022/23: top 45%2023/24: top 35%2024/25: top 35%No exams

A-level results

#95 of 140 Yorkshire and The Humber sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against Yorkshire and The HumberArrows: Yorkshire and The Humber rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 848.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.38/10 Above+9.8 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths56.1% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%9/10 Top 20%+32.6 pts
EBacc point score3.95 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.936/10 Middle+8.4 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.21 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.077/10 Above
A level points per entry31.86 · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.123/10 Below−23.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.7 · 237 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 46.6 · 235 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 49 · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 48.3 · 227 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 49.3 · 271 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 46.9 · 262 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 48.7 · 270 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 48.7 · 278 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.351.746.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 35% · 235 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 41% · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 48% · 227 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 47% · 271 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 47% · 262 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 60% · 270 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 56.1% · 278 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%60%35%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 27.48 · 70 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 27.68 · 82 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 25.89 · 74 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 29.11 · 63 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 36.85 · 86 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 31.19 · 103 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.532023/24: 32.48 · 101 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.482024/25: 31.86 · 79 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.1236.8525.89No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in92.0%
240 of 261 who put it first2014 · 92.9%2026 · 92.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st261240
2nd1205
3rd679

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2008Goodas predecessor
  3. 2012Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2017Ungraded visit
  6. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,589
Free school meals (past 6 years)25.9%
First language not English3.3%
SEN support10.3%
EHC plan4.5%
Absence (sessions missed)9.3%
Persistently absent pupils25.4%

Girls 50.7%Boys 49.3%

105.9% full · 1,500 places · 212 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.5
Pupils per adult13.3
  • Classroom teachers 74.5
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 23
  • Other support 35.9

Teachers 81.5 FTE · Whole workforce 140.3 · 158 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,736
Spend per pupil£6,989
Staff spend per pupil£5,341
Reserve per pupil£912
  • +£1,502,000revenue reserve
  • +£1,231,000in-year balance

Grants £7,657 · self-generated £80 · premises £723 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £6,343,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

270 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.5%
  • Education83.3%
  • Apprenticeship3.7%
  • Employment4.4%
  • Not sustained4.1%
  • Unknown4.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

111 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained82.9%
  • Education57.7%
  • Higher education55.9%
  • Apprenticeship8.1%
  • Employment17.1%
  • Not sustained11.7%
  • Unknown5.4%