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Vale of York Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton Without, York YO30 6ZS · voy.hlt.academy · 01904 560000
On the mapSearch near YO30 6ZS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.3
- average Attainment 8 score. York 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · York Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 656
- 72% of 905 places
- Local authority
- York
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: York Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 109 families put the school first and 122 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 122 | 109 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 143 | 131 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 148 | 145 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 146 | 116 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 135 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.12 mi1.81 km | |
The guide shows 127 children offered for 150 places, so the school had places left over.
The guide shows 147 children offered for 150 places, so the school had places left over.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.3, and 51.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across York it was 50.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲51.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.84 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121662)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.1 | +7.8 |
| Further education | 60.8 | −6.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 7 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.5 | −3.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.5 | +0.7 |
Ofsted
Vale of York Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121662), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121662)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 60
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (25%) with SEND