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Whitby School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community school

Prospect Hill, Whitby YO21 1LA · whitbyschool.co.uk · 01947 601901

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.5
average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
975
63% of 1,539 places
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
27.6%
First language not English
2.2%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 167 families put the school first and 176 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 124 (Places 141)124September 2023: 127 (Places 135)127September 2024: 167 (Places 186)167September 2025: 165 (Places 187)165September 2026: 167 (Places 176)167Places 176
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261761670.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251871650.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241861670.9100%
September 2023Sept 20231351270.9100%
September 2022Sept 20221411240.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.5, and 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Yorkshire it was 46.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (25.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 42.3 (England 46.3)42.32017/18: 42.9 (England 46.5)42.92018/19: 45.0 (England 46.7)45.02021/22: 47.4 (England 48.8)47.42022/23: 43.0 (England 46.3)43.02023/24: 43.9 (England 45.9)43.92024/25: 39.5 (England 46.0)39.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.546.0
▼32.0%45.4%
▼50.7%64.8%
▼14.7%40.5%
▼3.304.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form25.7−14.5
Sixth form college30.5+9.2
Further education26.7+7
Other education1—
Apprenticeship3.8−2.8
Employment1.9−5.5
Not in a lasting destination5.7+0.8
Activity not captured4.8—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 28.0 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.2 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 27.4 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 30.9 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 32.6 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 24.8 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 25.6 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
17 studentsC- (25.6)Below average -0.58
17 studentsC- (25.6)Below average -0.58
26 studentsMerit+ (26.9)Below average -0.32
10 studentsL1Pass (2)Well below average -0.98
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2430D+ (24.8)-0.60
2022/2340C+ (32.6)—
2021/2229C (30.9)—
2018/1935C- (27.4)-0.43
2017/1880C- (28.2)-0.38
2016/17109C- (28)-0.30
2015/16107C+ (32.9)+0.03

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University28.4−4
Further and other education7.4+3.2
Further education6+4.6
Other education1.5−1.3
Apprenticeship4.5−9.6
Employment37.3+4.9
Not in a lasting destination17.9+2.4
Activity not captured4.5+3.1

Ofsted

Whitby School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 7 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
7 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

15% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
15%
Replies
33
3% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼15% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼18% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▼12% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼21% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼18% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼12% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼12% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 97% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼0% agreeEngland 43%

based on 17 parents (52%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 63%

based on 10 parents (30%) with SEND

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