Academy converter · North Yorkshire

Norton School

11–16Ages
651Pupils
SecondaryPhase
136728URN

Langton Road, Norton, Malton, YO17 9PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to North Yorkshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

183 applications for 106 places · 29th of 39 in North Yorkshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.7of 90

North Yorkshire 47.4 England 46.0

28th of 41 in North Yorkshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

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

1.7applications per place, Year 7

close to North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

183 applications · 106 places offered · 86 named it first

2026 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2025 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2024 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2023 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
2022 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
2021 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2020 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2019 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
2018 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
2016 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
2015 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
2014 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6

More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	106	183	1.7	86	0.81
Sep 2025	124	211	1.7	83	0.67
Sep 2024	125	213	1.7	102	0.82
Sep 2023	139	220	1.6	114	0.82
Sep 2022	156	195	1.3	141	0.90
Sep 2021	147	180	1.2	114	0.78
Sep 2020	158	198	1.3	133	0.84
Sep 2019	139	157	1.1	90	0.65
Sep 2018	151	174	1.2	141	0.93
Sep 2017	140	167	1.2	126	0.90
Sep 2016	160	179	1.1	157	0.98
Sep 2015	151	168	1.1	143	0.95
Sep 2014	121	135	1.1	114	0.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.728th of 41 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 47.4 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%32nd of 41 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%

North Yorkshire 71% England 66%

This school
North Yorkshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.51

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	138	42.7	33%	57%	–
2024/25	133	41.0	36%	58%	–
2023/24	122	40.0	34%	55%	−0.51
2022/23	129	41.2	33%	60%	−0.38

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

Norton SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.7applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
Malton School
2.4 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

1.8applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Lady Lumley's Academy
14.0 km · North Yorkshire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
Ryedale School
19.7 km · North Yorkshire

Outstanding2023

1.8applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
21.6 km · East Riding of Yorkshire

Standards maintained2025

1.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
Joseph Rowntree School
23.6 km · York

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
Huntington School
23.9 km · York

Remains Outstanding2023

2.3applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
25.6 km · York

2026

2.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
Vale of York Academy
26.6 km · York

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 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: 136728 · 815/4152
Trust: Areté Learning Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,028 pupils · 651 on roll
Free school meals: 25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2011
Replaced: Norton College (URN 121683)
Address: Langton Road, Norton, Malton, YO17 9PT
Local authority: North Yorkshire

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