Excel Learning Trust — 6 schools

The trust at a glance

Schools: 6
Primary: 4
Secondary: 2
Pupils: 3,285
Average Attainment 8: 47.2
Average KS2 expected standard: 72%

Across the 6 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits above the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.

-0.16confidence interval -0.31 to -0.01

Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.16 (interval -0.31 to -0.01). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 330 pupils across 2 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).

Ofsted across the trust

Outstanding2

Good4

6 of the trust's 6 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 0 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.

Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 2 Outstanding, 4 Good. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.

Schools in Excel Learning Trust

School	Area	Ofsted	Attainment 8	Progress 8
Carr Junior SchoolAcademy converter	York	Good 2023	—	—
Knavesmire Primary SchoolAcademy converter	York	Outstanding 2022	—	—
Scarcroft Primary SchoolAcademy converter	York	Good 2022	—	—
Woodthorpe Primary SchoolAcademy converter	York	Outstanding 2024	—	—
Millthorpe SchoolAcademy converter	York	Good 2024	53.2	0.230.03 to 0.42
York High SchoolAcademy sponsor led	York	Good 2022	41.2	-0.75-0.99 to -0.51

Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.