Graded inspection · Jul 2024 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 |
Inspection history
- 2 July 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 11 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry214 applications · 109 places offered · 80 named it first
- 2026 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2015 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2014 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 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 | 109 | 214 | 2.0 | 80 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 218 | 1.8 | 90 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 98 | 189 | 1.9 | 75 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 132 | 240 | 1.8 | 107 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 136 | 186 | 1.4 | 125 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 147 | 237 | 1.6 | 136 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 138 | 217 | 1.6 | 143 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 148 | 261 | 1.8 | 169 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 129 | 215 | 1.7 | 139 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 143 | 252 | 1.8 | 167 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 133 | 171 | 1.3 | 122 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 123 | 160 | 1.3 | 117 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 109 | 125 | 1.2 | 75 | 0.69 |
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.) | 139 | 49.0 | 53% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 46.6 | 55% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 145 | 45.0 | 49% | 76% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 44.4 | 48% | 72% | +0.21 |
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
- Outwood Academy RiponThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · North YorkshireGood20232.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 10.8 km · North Yorkshire20262.4applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 15.4 km · North Yorkshire20262.6applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · North YorkshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · North Yorkshire20261.7applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · North Yorkshire20263.8applications per place 59.4Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 47.8Attainment 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
- 137412 · 815/4203
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 609 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Ripon College (URN 121688)
- Address
- Clotherholme Road, Ripon, HG4 2DE
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources