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Best secondary schools in North Yorkshire

40 of 44 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all North Yorkshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 35 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy Richmond 1.01 Not judged oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Ripon Grammar School Ripon grammar 0.72 Good oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate 0.72 Good improving oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Upper Wharfedale School Skipton 0.6 Outstanding improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Brayton Academy Selby 0.59 Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton grammar 0.59 Good oversubscribed 1.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 St John Fisher Catholic Academy Harrogate hidden gem 0.59 Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Outwood Academy Easingwold York 0.55 Outstanding about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Scalby Academy Scarborough hidden gem 0.55 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Sherburn High School Leeds 0.51 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Skipton Girls' High School Skipton grammar 0.45 Good oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate 0.44 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Ryedale School York 0.32 Outstanding about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering hidden gem 0.3 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster 0.27 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy Scarborough 0.22 Good oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Outwood Academy Ripon Ripon hidden gem 0.21 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 South Craven School Keighley 0.2 Good declining about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Richmond School & Sixth Form College Richmond hidden gem 0.16 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Stokesley School Stokesley 0.15 Good improving about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Rossett School Harrogate 0.03 Not judged undersubscribed 0.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Barlby High School Selby -0.03 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Settle College Settle hidden gem -0.05 Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Thirsk School & Sixth Form College Thirsk -0.07 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Wensleydale School Leyburn -0.08 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Whitby School Whitby -0.1 Requires improvement improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 King James's School Knaresborough hidden gem -0.15 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Nidderdale High School Harrogate hidden gem -0.15 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Scarborough University Technical College Scarborough -0.17 Good improving — approximate
30 Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science Selby -0.19 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Filey Academy Filey -0.27 Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Bedale High School Bedale -0.3 Requires improvement declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Harrogate High School Harrogate -0.46 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Boroughbridge High School York -0.48 Requires improvement declining about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Norton College Malton hidden gem -0.51 Good improving undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 Graham School Scarborough -0.53 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 Risedale School Catterick Garrison -0.56 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
38 The Skipton Academy Skipton -0.62 Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 George Pindar School Scarborough -0.76 Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 Northallerton School & Sixth Form College Northallerton hidden gem -0.76 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in North Yorkshire

4 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of North Yorkshire, not a fairer one.

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