Beverley Grammar School

Academy converter·Secondary school Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire·HU17 8NF
Composite score
57.8
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National rank
#136
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#8
In East Riding of Yorkshire
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
49%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
4.05

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
147 first choices, 139 places
First choices per place
1.06
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
210
any preference, for 139 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920221.1120230.9720241.0420251.062026

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 Beverley Grammar 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
802
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,057
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
98%
143 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Beverley Grammar School at a glance

Located in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Beverley Grammar School is a boys' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 802 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' when it was last inspected in January 2026. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.1 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

49% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Beverley Grammar School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 147 first choices for 139 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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