Huntington School

Community school·Secondary school York·YO32 9WT
Composite score
60.2
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#1,165
National rank
#95
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#6
In York
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
50%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.41

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
266 first choices, 227 places
First choices per place
1.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
532
any preference, for 227 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1120220.9720231.0420241.1520251.172026

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

York 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 Huntington 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,464
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,547
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
89%
236 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Huntington School

Huntington School is a secondary school in York, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,464 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.7 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 37% of secondary schools nationally.

50% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Huntington School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 266 first choices for 227 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. Huntington School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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