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Harrogate High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 579Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138190URN

Ainsty Road, Harrogate, HG1 4AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
0.6 above North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

222 applications for 87 places · 9th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.5of 90
32nd of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
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. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 25 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

222 applications · 87 places offered · 68 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  12. 2015 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 12 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 2026872222.6680.78
Sep 2025732173.0520.71
Sep 20241292622.01070.83
Sep 20231393522.51200.86
Sep 20221462882.01491.02
Sep 20211493072.11350.91
Sep 20201483402.31350.91
Sep 20191542721.81340.87
Sep 20181442822.01330.92
Sep 20171242482.01030.83
Sep 20161192101.8980.82
Sep 20151301541.2800.62
Sep 2014831331.6570.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

134 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.532nd of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%31st of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.46
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13439.536%53%–
2024/2514439.131%53%–
2023/2413936.126%46%−0.46
2022/2313034.524%38%−0.67

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
138190 · 815/4219
Trust
Northern Star Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 579 on roll
Free school meals
35.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2012
Replaced
Harrogate High School (URN 121697)
Address
Ainsty Road, Harrogate, HG1 4AP
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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