Harrogate High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 26 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
138190
Address
Ainsty Road, HG1 4AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
720 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
7.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.2%
Persistent absence
33.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.5%
Other White 6.5%
Mixed 3.8%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Asian 1.1%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.78
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award43
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE30
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harrogate High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
129
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
140
67
73
Year 8
146
75
71
Year 9
148
68
80
Year 10
148
75
73
Year 11
138
68
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
31.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
40.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
11.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
17.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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