The Market Weighton School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.180 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Market Weighton School is a secondary school in Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2022. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Market Weighton School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 7.180 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 7.180 miles away, the 4th longest of 7 East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 138 first-choice applications for 126 offers; 124 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Spring Road, Market Weighton, YO43 3JF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 658 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 September 2022
Strengths
- “It is a caring school that has values of ‘respect, honesty, compassion, resilience, industry and courage’.”
- “Inspired pupils are happy to demonstrate these qualities because they understand their importance.”
- “Pupils take pleasure in the broad offer of subjects and spoke to inspectors confidently about what they have learned.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that in a small number of foundation subjects, the planning is not as clear in all topic areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 138 first-preference applications, 126 offers in total, 124 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College 6.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 9.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 9.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cottingham High School 10.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College 10.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College 11.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Howden School 11.7 mi Not judged Last distance published