Northallerton School & Sixth Form College

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Northallerton, North Yorkshire·DL6 1ED
Composite score
46.9
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#2,809
National rank
#262
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#37
In North Yorkshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
50%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.21

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
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
169 first choices, 190 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
231
any preference, for 190 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020221.0120230.9020240.8320250.892026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Northallerton School & Sixth Form College yet. North Yorkshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,037
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
7.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
13.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,928
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
91%
193 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
77%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
7%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Northallerton School & Sixth Form College

Northallerton School & Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,037 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 37.5 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.0 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Northallerton School & Sixth Form College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.1%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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