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St Aidan's Church of England High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,966Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137139URN

Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8JR · 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
3.8per place
1.9 above North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

930 applications for 248 places · 2nd of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
59.4of 90
4th of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected 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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 19 May 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
3.8applications per place, Year 7
1.9 above North Yorkshire median (1.9) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

930 applications · 248 places offered · 339 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  12. 2015 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 2.7; 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 20262489303.83391.37
Sep 20252708973.32981.10
Sep 20242728373.12560.94
Sep 20232447973.32601.07
Sep 20222846982.53031.07
Sep 20212427903.33451.43
Sep 20202457753.23321.36
Sep 20192468043.33591.46
Sep 20182797122.63101.11
Sep 20172757052.63251.18
Sep 20162486722.72821.14
Sep 20152566002.32591.01
Sep 20142235992.72691.21

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

253 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)59.44th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths74%4th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.72
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25359.474%88%–
2024/2525056.468%86%–
2023/2425357.973%86%+0.72
2022/2327759.471%88%+0.53

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
137139 · 815/4611
Trust
Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,903 pupils · 1,966 on roll
Free school meals
8.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
St Aidan's Church of England High School (URN 121719)
Address
Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8JR
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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