North Yorkshire schools and admissions data

North Yorkshire County Council has 324 primary schools and 84 secondary schools. 6% of North Yorkshire's schools are private schools. 186 state schools in North Yorkshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 172 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in North Yorkshire

  1. Outstanding 39
  2. Good 251
  3. Requires Improvement 33
  4. Inadequate 22

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

    Trinity Academy Eppleby Forcett

    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

    Wykeham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Wykeham, Scarborough

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Hensall Community Primary School

    Community school • Hensall, Near Goole

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Fairburn Community Primary School

    Community school • Fairburn, Knottingley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Crayke, YORK

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Romanby Primary School

    Community school • Romanby, Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Greatwood Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Skipton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  14. 14

    Slingsby Community Primary School

    Community school • Slingsby, York

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • York

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Ripon

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Lothersdale Primary School

    Academy converter • Keighley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Tockwith, York

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Applegarth Primary School

    Community school • Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Brompton Community Primary School

    Community school • Brompton, Northallerton

    Ofsted: Good

  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

    Malton School

    Community school • Malton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ermysted's Grammar School

    Voluntary aided school • Skipton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Ripon Grammar School

    Community school • Ripon

    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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