SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Nidderdale High School

Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5HL

School website 01423711246

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 28 April 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

41.8 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

31% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

53% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

29% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.15confidence interval -0.47 to 0.16

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
404
Places
425
How full
Nearly full — 404 of 425 places taken
Girls / boys
175 / 229
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
26%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
21%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
1%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
8%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
21%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
85%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
71%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
8%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
15%
No sustained destination
12%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
73

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Harrogate 006B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
41%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
11%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
81%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
1%

England 17%

Households with no car
5%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
41%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Kath Jordan
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Ward
Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
URN
149987

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
North Kesteven AcademyAcademy converter No grade 37.9
The Streetly AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 42.1
The Brunts AcademyAcademy converter No grade 45.5
St Helena SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46
Breckland SchoolFree schools Good 2022 42.4
Northgate High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 41
Somerset Studio SchoolStudio schools Good 2024 30.5
Blessed William Howard Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 52

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.