Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 18 January 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Nidderdale High School, URN 121700
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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 entry133 applications · 70 places offered · 51 named it first
- 2026 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- North Yorkshire median
Dashed bars: as Nidderdale High School (URN 121700), 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 | 70 | 133 | 1.9 | 51 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 81 | 165 | 2.0 | 82 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 77 | 158 | 2.1 | 72 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 * | 80 | 171 | 2.1 | 71 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 * | 77 | 130 | 1.7 | 73 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 * | 86 | 141 | 1.6 | 74 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 * | 80 | 118 | 1.5 | 73 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 82 | 140 | 1.7 | 85 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 * | 71 | 104 | 1.5 | 64 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 91 | 124 | 1.4 | 74 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 91 | 111 | 1.2 | 69 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 * | 55 | 106 | 1.9 | 48 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 64 | 104 | 1.6 | 49 | 0.77 |
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.) | 77 | 39.2 | 23% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 72 | 41.8 | 31% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 79 | 41.5 | 35% | 52% | −0.15 |
| 2022/23 * | 73 | 35.3 | 16% | 41% | −0.27 |
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
- Nidderdale High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · North YorkshireStandards maintained20243.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · North YorkshireGood20242.0applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · North YorkshireGood20232.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 18.9 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 18.9 km · North Yorkshire20263.2applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 19.1 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 19.3 km · North Yorkshire20262.6applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 19.8 km · North Yorkshire20263.8applications per place 59.4Attainment 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
- 149987 · 815/4223
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 425 pupils · 404 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Nidderdale High School (URN 121700)
- Address
- Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 5HL
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources