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Whitby School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 975Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 121667URN

Prospect Hill, Whitby, YO21 1LA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.0per place
0.9 below North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

172 applications for 176 places · 39th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.8of 90
31st of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 7 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 7 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  2. 17 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.0applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below North Yorkshire median (1.9) 1.3 below England median (2.2)

172 applications · 176 places offered · 167 named it first

  1. 2026 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 0.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  12. 2015 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Eskdale School (URN 121668), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261761721.01670.95
Sep 20251871750.91650.88
Sep 20241861761.01670.90
Sep 20231351571.21270.94
Sep 20221411341.01240.88
Sep 20211181181.01040.88
Sep 20201401521.11360.97
Sep 20191051091.0940.90
Sep 20181151111.0910.79
Sep 20171171221.01080.92
Sep 201686981.1800.93
Sep 20151171111.01030.88
Sep 2014 *1161251.1980.84

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

162 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.831st of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%28th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16239.838%59%–
2024/2522539.532%51%–
2023/2410543.942%56%−0.10
2022/2311743.034%56%−0.20

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
121667 · 815/4039
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,539 pupils · 975 on roll
Free school meals
27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Replaced
Eskdale School (URN 121668)
Address
Prospect Hill, Whitby, YO21 1LA
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources