Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in York
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 13 January 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 12 October 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry574 applications · 294 places offered · 305 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; York median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; York median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; York median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; York median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; York median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; York median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; York median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; York median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; York median median 2.0
- 2017 1.5; York median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; York median median 2.1
- 2015 1.4; York median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; York median median 1.9
- This school
- York 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 294 | 574 | 2.0 | 305 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 | 550 | 1.9 | 316 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 293 | 562 | 1.9 | 307 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 292 | 513 | 1.8 | 284 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 301 | 522 | 1.7 | 320 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 294 | 493 | 1.7 | 271 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 297 | 500 | 1.7 | 300 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 298 | 476 | 1.6 | 312 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 298 | 464 | 1.6 | 285 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 297 | 444 | 1.5 | 294 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 274 | 406 | 1.5 | 259 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 239 | 338 | 1.4 | 212 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 214 | 331 | 1.6 | 219 | 1.02 |
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.) | 284 | 52.7 | 56% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 287 | 56.7 | 62% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 301 | 50.1 | 54% | 73% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 292 | 53.7 | 52% | 78% | +0.50 |
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
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · YorkOutstanding20232.2applications per place 59.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · YorkGood20242.5applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · YorkOutstanding20243.1applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · YorkRemains Outstanding20232.3applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · YorkStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · YorkRemains Good20222.0applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · YorkGood20221.9applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · York20262.0applications per place 50.4Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136617 · 816/4500
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,900 pupils · 1,803 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Archbishop Holgate's School (URN 121709)
- Address
- Hull Road, York, YO10 5ZA
- Local authority
- York
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources