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Filey Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Muston Road, Filey YO14 0HG · fileyacademy.org.uk · 01723 628608
On the mapSearch near YO14 0HG
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.7
- 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
- 461
- 54% of 855 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 32.1%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 104 families put the school first and 112 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 112 | 104 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 93 | 87 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 115 | 104 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 93 | 76 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 105 | 60 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.7, and 45.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Yorkshire it was 46.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼36.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.20 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 142061)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 32.6 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 45.3 | +4.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | −2.8 |
| Employment | 3.5 | −9.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14 | +7.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.3 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Filey Academy on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 142061), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142061)
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142061)
What parents said
58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 58%
- Replies
- 80
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (34%) with SEND