Schools in North Yorkshire
380 schools across 43 towns
Based on the most recent published single-word Ofsted grades. Ofsted stopped issuing overall grades (Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate) in September 2024, so schools inspected more recently — under Ofsted’s report cards — may not have one. Figures cover the 176 of 380 schools here that have a published grade.
North Yorkshire has 380 schools across 43 towns — 290 primary, 41 secondary, educating around 85,846 pupils. 87% of schools with a published Ofsted grade are rated Good or Outstanding (153 of 176). There are currently 80 open teaching jobs in North Yorkshire. Browse schools by town, compare Ofsted ratings and exam results, and find teaching jobs across North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshirelocal authority guide — teacher pay, ratios & spending →School spending in North Yorkshire
Gross expenditure per pupil — LA-maintained schools (2024-25).
Source: DfE “LA and school expenditure” (Consistent Financial Reporting), 2024-25, under the Open Government Licence. Covers council-maintained schools; academies report separately.
Top-performing schools in North Yorkshire
Ranked on the latest DfE results. Higher is better.
By Attainment 8 — average GCSE score
- 1Ripon Grammar School70.9Attainment 8
- 2Skipton Girls' High School69.7Attainment 8
- 3Ermysted's Grammar School67.3Attainment 8
- 4Harrogate Grammar School56.6Attainment 8
- 5St Aidan's Church of England High School56.4Attainment 8
Source: DfE performance tables, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Towns in North Yorkshire
Select a town to browse its schools and Ofsted ratings
Bedale
Carnforth
Catterick Garrison
Darlington
Filey
Goole
Harrogate
HARROGATE
Hawes
Hertsmere
Ilkley
Keighley
Knaresborough
Knottingley
Lancaster
LANCASTER
Leeds
Leyburn
Malton
Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
Northallerton
Otley
Pickering
Pontefract
Richmond
Ripon
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Scarborough
Selby
Selby/York
Settle
Skipton
Stokesley
Tadcaster
Thirsk
Thornton-in-Craven
Via Lancaster
Wetherby
Whitby
Yarm
York
YORK
Outstanding Schools in North Yorkshire
Schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted
Askwith Primary School
Otley, North Yorkshire· LS21 2HX
103 pupils
KS2: 94% met expected standard
Trust: YORKSHIRE COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
Cambrai Primary School
Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire· DL9 4BZ
177 pupils
Trust: LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST
Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School
Thirsk, North Yorkshire· YO7 3DL
93 pupils
KS2: 80% met expected standard
Harrogate Grammar School
Harrogate, North Yorkshire· HG2 0DZ
2,070 pupils
Attainment 8: 56.6
Trust: RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
Outwood Academy Easingwold
North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire· YO61 3EF
770 pupils
Attainment 8: 52.0
Trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Outwood Primary Academy Alne
York, North Yorkshire· YO61 1RT
98 pupils
KS2: 89% met expected standard
Trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST