Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry235 applications · 110 places offered · 165 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2015 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2014 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- This school
- North Yorkshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 110 | 235 | 2.1 | 165 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2025 | 111 | 218 | 2.0 | 147 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2024 | 103 | 240 | 2.3 | 159 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2023 | 106 | 221 | 2.1 | 149 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2022 | 110 | 145 | 1.3 | 120 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 102 | 195 | 1.9 | 147 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2020 | 104 | 165 | 1.6 | 128 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 113 | 168 | 1.5 | 152 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2018 | 108 | 144 | 1.3 | 132 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 | 108 | 160 | 1.5 | 149 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2016 | 110 | 135 | 1.2 | 124 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 113 | 143 | 1.3 | 125 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 | 104 | 189 | 1.8 | 167 | 1.61 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 129 | 69.9 | 92% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 126 | 70.9 | 94% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 129 | 69.1 | 92% | 98% | +0.72 |
| 2022/23 | 122 | 69.8 | 92% | 98% | +0.77 |
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
- Ripon Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · North YorkshireGood20242.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 10.9 km · North Yorkshire20262.4applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · North Yorkshire20262.6applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 15.7 km · North Yorkshire20261.7applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · North YorkshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 16.5 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 16.9 km · North Yorkshire20263.8applications per place 59.4Attainment 8
- 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
- 121694 · 815/4215
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 975 pupils · 957 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Clotherholme Road, Ripon, HG4 2DG
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources