The Dales School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

North YorkshireLocal Authority

Richmond and NorthallertonConstituency

DL7 9QWPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Dales School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 71 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 71
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 May 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.