Academy sponsor led · North Yorkshire

Lady Lumley's Academy

11–18Ages
676Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
148602URN

Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8NG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to North Yorkshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

198 applications for 110 places · 24th of 39 in North Yorkshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

54.5of 90

North Yorkshire 47.4 England 46.0

6th of 41 in North Yorkshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 9 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		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 entry

1.8applications per place, Year 7

close to North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

198 applications · 110 places offered · 101 named it first

2026 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2025 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2024 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
2023 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
2022 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
2021 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2020 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2019 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
2018 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
2016 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
2015 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
2014 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 of 5 years.

This school
North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Lady Lumley's School (URN 121671), 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	110	198	1.8	101	0.92
Sep 2025	111	195	1.8	105	0.95
Sep 2024	125	212	1.7	105	0.84
Sep 2023	123	220	1.8	114	0.93
Sep 2022	161	167	1.0	124	0.77
Sep 2021 *	143	182	1.3	130	0.91
Sep 2020 *	175	214	1.2	135	0.77
Sep 2019 *	167	207	1.2	141	0.84
Sep 2018 *	154	196	1.3	142	0.92
Sep 2017 *	133	161	1.2	123	0.92
Sep 2016 *	161	185	1.2	149	0.93
Sep 2015 *	151	167	1.1	136	0.90
Sep 2014 *	137	154	1.1	115	0.84

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

120 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.56th of 41 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 47.4 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths70%5th of 41 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths83%

North Yorkshire 71% England 66%

This school
North Yorkshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.30

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	120	54.5	70%	83%	–
2024/25	139	52.7	70%	81%	–
2023/24	153	49.6	61%	78%	+0.30
2022/23	149	49.5	52%	75%	+0.06

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

Lady Lumley's AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
Malton School
12.6 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

1.8applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Ryedale School
13.8 km · North Yorkshire

Outstanding2023

1.8applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
Norton School
14.0 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
Graham School
22.5 km · North Yorkshire

2026

1.7applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
Scalby Academy
23.2 km · North Yorkshire

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
23.3 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
Scarborough University Technical College
24.3 km · North Yorkshire

Good2022

49.6Attainment 8
George Pindar School
25.5 km · North Yorkshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 32.1Attainment 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: 148602 · 815/4010
Trust: Delta Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,126 pupils · 676 on roll
Free school meals: 19.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2021
Replaced: Lady Lumley's School (URN 121671)
Address: Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8NG
Local authority: North Yorkshire

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