Outwood Academy Ripon

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 2 2024 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
137412
Address
Clotherholme Road, HG4 2DE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
662 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
9.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.5%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.7%
Other White 5.4%
African 3.6%
Mixed 2.9%
Other Asian 2%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Sports StudiesTechnical Award46
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE144
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Outwood Academy Ripon

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
90
2nd preference
86
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
99
41
58
Year 8
134
71
63
Year 9
136
74
62
Year 10
147
78
69
Year 11
146
61
85
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
83.3%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
35.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
23.0%
34.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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