Schools in Bridlington
Bridlington has 14 schools including 11 primaries and 2 secondaries, all within East Riding of Yorkshire Council's co-ordinated admissions area. As a coastal market town, the school estate is smaller than many urban centres of comparable population, and most families have a limited choice of secondaries — Headlands School and Bridlington School together serve the vast majority of pupils in the town.
One school is currently at or above published capacity, and two schools have a religious character applying faith criteria as part of their oversubscription tiebreaker. East Riding publishes last-distance-offered figures in its annual admissions booklet each autumn, and the council's co-ordinated secondary offer aligns with the national offer date of 1 March.
School demand in Bridlington
Across the 11 schools in Bridlington with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 81%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Bridlington have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Bridlington are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of East Riding of Yorkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Bridlington have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Bridlington: 1 oversubscribed (11)
Bempton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO15 1JA
Boynton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO16 4XQ
Burlington Junior School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO16 7AQ
Burlington Infant School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO16 7AQ
New Pasture Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO16 7NR
Flamborough CofE (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Bridlington · YO15 1LW
Hilderthorpe Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bridlington · YO15 3PP
Quay Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bridlington · YO16 4LB
Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Bridlington · YO15 3PS
Bay Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridlington · YO16 7SZ
Martongate Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridlington · YO16 6YD
Secondary Schools in Bridlington (2)
Other Schools in Bridlington (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bridlington are set by East Riding of Yorkshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.