Outwood Academy Easingwold

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school North Yorkshire·YO61 3EF
Composite score
65.0
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#697
National rank
#48
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#10
In North Yorkshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
63%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
81%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
4.67

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
123 first choices, 129 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
182
any preference, for 129 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.9620230.9120240.9120250.952026

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

Every child who put Outwood Academy Easingwold first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
770
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,691
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%
97 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

School overview

Outwood Academy Easingwold is a secondary school serving North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 770 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Outwood Academy Easingwold 'Outstanding'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 52.0, above the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of secondary schools nationally.

63% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 81% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Outwood Academy Easingwold was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 123 families who put it first were offered a place. 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 8.5%. There are about 17.1 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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