The Market Weighton School

Community school·Secondary school Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire·YO43 3JF
Composite score
53.2
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#2,133
National rank
#192
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#15
In East Riding of Yorkshire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.70

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
138 first choices, 126 places
First choices per place
1.09
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
187
any preference, for 126 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7820220.9720230.9420240.9920251.092026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

East Riding of Yorkshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for The Market Weighton School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
626
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
12.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,280
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
113 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
76%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
10%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About The Market Weighton School

The Market Weighton School is a secondary school in Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 626 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.6, below the national average of 46. That is down 0.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 90% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (138 first choices for 126 places). After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.8%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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