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Harrogate Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 2,081Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136497URN

Arthurs Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 0DZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
1.3 above North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

889 applications for 281 places · 5th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.0of 90
5th of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 8 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 9 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
1.3 above North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

889 applications · 281 places offered · 366 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  12. 2015 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 2.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

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 20262818893.23661.30
Sep 20252818843.23781.35
Sep 20242888823.13691.28
Sep 20232798823.24001.43
Sep 20222807492.73411.22
Sep 20212798623.13671.32
Sep 20202877652.73211.12
Sep 20192827752.83401.21
Sep 20182827762.83401.21
Sep 20172867702.73371.18
Sep 20162837972.83791.34
Sep 20152837142.53381.19
Sep 20142547392.93721.46

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

289 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.05th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%8th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.44
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)28956.063%82%–
2024/2528956.668%85%–
2023/2428856.162%82%+0.44
2022/2328457.067%86%+0.48

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136497 · 815/4200
Trust
Red Kite Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
2,100 pupils · 2,081 on roll
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2011
Replaced
Harrogate Grammar School (URN 121685)
Address
Arthurs Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 0DZ
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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