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Applefields School

  • Special
  • Academy special converter
  • Ages 11 to 19

URN 151970 · York · PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

In York

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ungraded inspection

13 June 2024

“School remains Good”

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Key stage 4 results

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

0.3

Not compared with mainstream schools.

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

0%

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

0%

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Teachers

Against York and England, special schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

9.0

York
6.0
England
7.3

1.7 higher than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
225
Capacity
224
Type
Academy special converter
Phase
Special
Age range
11 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 September 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
York Central
Special educational needs provision
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Resourced provision
SEN unit
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 8 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Bad Bargain Lane, Burnholme, York, North Yorkshire, YO31 0LW

Website: www.applefieldsschool.co.uk

Telephone: 01904553900

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Sources and corrections

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Applefields School, URN 151970. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151970/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.