North Yorkshire schools and admissions data

North Yorkshire County Council has 324 primary schools and 83 secondary schools. 6% of North Yorkshire's schools are private schools. 167 state schools in North Yorkshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 190 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in North Yorkshire

  1. Outstanding 39
  2. Good 237
  3. Requires Improvement 29
  4. Inadequate 21

Most popular state schools
in North Yorkshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Whitby

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Coppice Valley Primary School

    Academy converter • Harrogate

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Sinnington Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Sinnington, York

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

    Academy converter • Scarborough

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Richmond

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School

    Community school • Skipton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Thornton in Craven Community Primary School

    Community school • Thornton-in-Craven

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Hensall Community Primary School

    Community school • Hensall, Near Goole

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Fairburn Community Primary School

    Community school • Fairburn, Knottingley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Crayke, YORK

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Romanby Primary School

    Community school • Romanby, Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Greatwood Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Skipton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Slingsby Community Primary School

    Community school • Slingsby, York

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • York

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Ripon

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Lothersdale Primary School

    Academy converter • Keighley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Tockwith, York

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Applegarth Primary School

    Community school • Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Brompton Community Primary School

    Community school • Brompton, Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Meadowside Academy

    Academy converter • Knaresborough

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Upper Wharfedale School

    Community school • Threshfield, Skipton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Scalby School

    Academy converter • Newby, Scarborough

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy

    Academy converter • Stepney, Scarborough

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Aidan's Church of England High School

    Academy converter • Harrogate

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Skipton Girls' High School

    Academy converter • Skipton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Richmond

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    South Craven School

    Academy converter • Cross Hills, Keighley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Ermysted's Grammar School

    Voluntary aided school • Skipton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ripon Grammar School

    Community school • Ripon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Harrogate Grammar School

    Academy converter • Harrogate

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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