Huntington School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · York
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.296 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Huntington School is a secondary school in York for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Huntington 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 | 0.296 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.296 miles away, the shortest of 4 York secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 266 first-choice applications for 227 offers; 226 offers went to first-choice families and 40 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%); the 2024/25 A level average grade was B (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Huntington Road, Huntington, York, YO32 9WT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 1,505 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school full of opportunities.”
- “The school opens doors to new experiences and broadens pupils’ horizons.”
- “Pupils are polite, friendly and highly motivated to do their absolute best.”
To improve
- “This has been the case more recently in mathematics, where the school has acted decisively in addressing performance which does not match that of other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2024 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
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: 266 first-preference applications, 227 offers in total, 226 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 York.
- Joseph Rowntree School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vale of York Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic School York 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Millthorpe School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Church of England Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fulford School 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- York High School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published