Yorkshire and the Humber
Secondary schools in North Yorkshire
367 schools, 84,513 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 42.5.
Ofsted across North Yorkshire
Good203
Requires improvement12
Outstanding10
Inadequate3
No overall grade139
228 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 139 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Grammar SchoolCommunity school | Ripon | Good 2023 | 70.9 |
| Skipton Girls' High SchoolAcademy converter | Skipton | Good 2022 | 69.7 |
| Ermysted's Grammar SchoolVoluntary aided school | Skipton | Good 2022 | 67.3 |
| Harrogate Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Harrogate | Outstanding 2022 | 56.6 |
| St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter | Harrogate | Good 2022 | 56.4 |
| St John Fisher Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | Harrogate | Good 2022 | 55.1 |
| St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Richmond | No grade | 54.6 |
| Brayton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Selby | No grade | 53.4 |
| Lady Lumley's AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Pickering | Good 2024 | 52.7 |
| Outwood Academy EasingwoldAcademy sponsor led | York | Outstanding 2022 | 52 |
| Ryedale SchoolAcademy converter | York | Outstanding 2023 | 51.7 |
| Sherburn High SchoolAcademy converter | Leeds | Good 2023 | 51.3 |
| Tadcaster Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Tadcaster | Good 2022 | 50 |
| St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academyAcademy converter | Scarborough | Good 2023 | 48.9 |
| Upper Wharfedale SchoolCommunity school | Skipton | No grade | 48.3 |
| Scalby AcademyAcademy converter | Scarborough | No grade | 48.3 |
| South Craven SchoolAcademy converter | Keighley | Good 2023 | 47.5 |
| Outwood Academy RiponAcademy converter | Ripon | Good 2024 | 46.6 |
| Malton SchoolAcademy converter | Malton | Good 2023 | 46.6 |
| Bedale High SchoolCommunity school | Bedale | Requires improvement 2024 | 46.1 |
| King James's SchoolCommunity school | Knaresborough | Good 2023 | 46.1 |
| Richmond School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Richmond | No grade | 45.6 |
| Stokesley SchoolAcademy converter | Stokesley | Good 2022 | 45.3 |
| Rossett SchoolAcademy converter | Harrogate | No grade | 44.1 |
| Scarborough University Technical CollegeUniversity technical college | Scarborough | Good 2022 | 44 |
| Thirsk School & Sixth Form CollegeCommunity school | Thirsk | No grade | 43.5 |
| Boroughbridge High SchoolCommunity school | York | Requires improvement 2023 | 43 |
| Barlby High SchoolAcademy converter | Selby | No grade | 42.8 |
| Settle CollegeCommunity school | Settle | No grade | 42.1 |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and ScienceCommunity school | Selby | Good 2023 | 42.1 |
| Nidderdale High SchoolAcademy converter | Harrogate | No grade | 41.8 |
| The Skipton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Skipton | Good 2023 | 41.6 |
| Wensleydale SchoolCommunity school | Leyburn | No grade | 41.5 |
| Norton SchoolAcademy converter | Malton | Good 2023 | 41 |
| Whitby SchoolCommunity school | Whitby | Requires improvement 2023 | 39.5 |
| Harrogate High SchoolAcademy converter | Harrogate | No grade | 39.1 |
| Graham SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Scarborough | No grade | 38.3 |
| Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Northallerton | No grade | 37.5 |
| Filey AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Filey | No grade | 35.7 |
| George Pindar SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Scarborough | No grade | 33.4 |
| Risedale SchoolCommunity school | Catterick Garrison | No grade | 29.8 |