Schools in East Riding of Yorkshire
151 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools
East Riding of Yorkshire has 149 state schools: 123 primary, 17 secondary, 1 all-through, 4 nursery. Between them they teach around 43,423 pupils. 129 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.1 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.
15 have a sixth form. 80 take children from age three or under. 49 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.
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Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in East Riding of Yorkshire
Primary schools: 'Most schools in the East Riding have a catchment area', used as a high-priority criterion. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
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