Lady Lumley's Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Pickering, North Yorkshire·YO18 8NG
Composite score
65.9
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National rank
#43
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#9
In North Yorkshire
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
70%
% 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
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
100%
101 first choices, 110 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
198
any preference, for 110 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.9320230.8420240.9520250.922026

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

Every child who put Lady Lumley's Academy 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
716
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
35.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,696
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
92%
149 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Lady Lumley's Academy at a glance

Located in Pickering, North Yorkshire, Lady Lumley's Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 716 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 52.7, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 20% of secondary schools in England.

70% 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. Lady Lumley's Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 101 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.9%. There are about 17.8 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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