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York High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Cornlands Road, York YO24 3WZ · yorkhighschool.co.uk · 01904 806600
On the mapSearch near YO24 3WZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.2
- average Attainment 8 score. York 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · York Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 750
- 76% of 991 places
- Local authority
- York
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Excel Learning Trust
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, 119 families put the school first and 125 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 | 125 | 119 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 145 | 155 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 148 | 146 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 185 | 166 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 187 | 130 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.72 mi2.76 km | |
The guide shows 131 children offered for 150 places, so the school had places left over.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.2, and 42.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.65 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133946)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.4 | +2 |
| Further education | 65.1 | +4.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2 | −3.4 |
| Employment | 6.2 | −6.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14.4 | +3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 | 0 |
Ofsted
York High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133946), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133946)
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133946)
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 84
- 12% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (31%) with SEND