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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 | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 5 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 13 November 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry172 applications · 122 places offered · 109 named it first
- 2026 1.4; York median median 2.0
- 2025 1.3; York median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; York median median 1.9
- 2023 1.1; York median median 1.8
- 2022 1.2; York median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; York median median 1.8
- 2020 1.2; York median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; York median median 1.8
- 2018 1.3; York median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; York median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; York median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.0; York median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; York median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- York median
Dashed bars: as Vale of York Academy (URN 121662), the previous school.
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 | 122 | 172 | 1.4 | 109 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 143 | 187 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 148 | 199 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 146 | 164 | 1.1 | 116 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 183 | 1.2 | 135 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 160 | 230 | 1.4 | 158 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 144 | 168 | 1.2 | 112 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 | 146 | 193 | 1.3 | 132 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 128 | 167 | 1.3 | 102 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 113 | 161 | 1.4 | 91 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 104 | 146 | 1.4 | 77 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2015 * | 120 | 118 | 1.0 | 74 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2014 * | 118 | 159 | 1.4 | 103 | 0.87 |
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.) | 136 | 42.7 | 43% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 142 | 45.3 | 51% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 143 | 43.7 | 48% | 61% | −0.06 |
| 2022/23 | 108 | 41.7 | 42% | 64% | −0.10 |
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
- Vale of York AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · York20262.0applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · YorkRemains Outstanding20232.3applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · YorkOutstanding20243.1applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · YorkGood20242.5applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · YorkRemains Good20222.0applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · YorkGood20221.9applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 20262.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · YorkOutstanding20232.2applications per place 59.7Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143864 · 816/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 905 pupils · 656 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Vale of York Academy (URN 121662)
- Address
- Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton Without, York, YO30 6ZS
- Local authority
- York
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources