Whitby School
Whitby, YO21 1LA · North Yorkshire · secondary school
35th 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 — 2.9/10 against 833 of them, against 2.9/10 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 | 5 | 35% | 0.19 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 32.0 · 21 | 30% | 0.63 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.1 · 42 | 25% | 1.06 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 39.5 · 19 | 10% | 0.19 |
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. In 2024/25, 32.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 39.5, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 stood at -0.1 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did slightly worse than those nationally starting from the same point. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (2.9 out of 10 either way). Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in January 2024.
Getting in. The school has 975 pupils in a capacity of 1539, leaving 564 spare places. This means 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 plan to improve attainment scores relative to the national median? What specific actions are being taken following the 2024 "Requires improvement" rating? How do class sizes impact individual pupil support in these larger-than-average classes?
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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