Harrogate Grammar School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Mar 10 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Unique reference
- 136497
- Address
- Arthurs Avenue, HG2 0DZ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 2097 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.7%
- Girls
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 6.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 8.3%
- Persistent absence
- 24.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.2%
White British 85.2%
Mixed 4.2%
Other White 3.7%
Chinese 1.8%
Indian 1.4%
African 1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.48
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 70%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 67%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 57
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.33
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 44 |
Biology | GCSE | 142 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 143 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 141 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 41 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 56 |
English Language | GCSE | 276 |
English Literature | GCSE | 259 |
Admissions
Harrogate Grammar School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 288
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 369
- 2nd preference
- 281
- 3rd preference
- 166
- From another Local Authority
- 51
Offers
- 1st preference
- 286
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 290 158 132 |
Year 8 | 290 147 143 |
Year 9 | 290 160 130 |
Year 10 | 291 149 142 |
Year 11 | 288 145 143 |
Year 12 | 318 153 165 |
Year 13 | 330 152 178 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 92.0% 83.8% 85.6% |
Further education | 11.0% 33.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 81.0% 37.9% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 12.0% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.6% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 5.8% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 5.3% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 3.0% 4.1% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.2% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 74.0% 66.8% 65.5% |
Top third higher education institutions | 43.0% 31.6% 23.8% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 2.7% 2.5% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.8% 2.2% |