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Graham School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 893Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 146769URN

Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, YO12 6QW · 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
1.7per place
close to North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

310 applications for 181 places · 31st of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.2of 90
37th of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 11 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
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. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 27 June 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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
close to North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

310 applications · 181 places offered · 128 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 0.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 0.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 0.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Graham School (URN 121675), Raincliffe School (URN 121676), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261813101.71280.71
Sep 20251732731.61210.70
Sep 20242242981.31290.58
Sep 20232513021.21710.68
Sep 20222272171.01370.60
Sep 20211991911.01030.52
Sep 20202421950.81220.50
Sep 2019 *2711920.71000.37
Sep 2018 *2181890.91030.47
Sep 2017 *2072381.21250.60
Sep 2016 *2272341.01310.58
Sep 2015 *2232121.01200.54
Sep 2014 *2392931.21900.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

159 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.237th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%26th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.53
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15938.241%58%–
2024/2518838.328%55%–
2023/2421136.128%52%−0.53
2022/2315938.436%55%−0.42

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146769 · 815/4007
Trust
Heartwood Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,299 pupils · 893 on roll
Free school meals
42.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2019
Replaced
Graham School (URN 121675); Raincliffe School (URN 121676)
Address
Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, YO12 6QW
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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