Lady Lumley's Academy
Pickering, YO18 8NG · North Yorkshire · secondary school
13th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 8.6/10 against 928 of them, against 8.2/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 69.8 · 91 | 30% | 2.73 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.3 · 73 | 25% | 1.82 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 52.7 · 80 | 10% | 0.80 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted following an inspection in 2024. In 2024/25, 69.8% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 52.7, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.3 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so they are not simply a reflection of who attends (8.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 8.2 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh Award and participate in kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, wall climbing, and the Delta Games.
Getting in. There are 716 pupils in a school with 1126 places, leaving 410 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in developing skills for the Duke of Edinburgh Award? What specific training is provided for the outdoor sports like kayaking and mountain biking? How does the school structure its curriculum to maintain high attainment levels with such a large number of available places?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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