King James's School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King James's School is a secondary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
King James's 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 22 of the 39 other North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In the 6 earlier years with a published Year 7 outcome places ran out, with a last distance published, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 225 first-choice applications for 253 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 28 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- King James Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,554 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “King James’s School is a caring environment where pupils learn well.”
- “Pupils feel safe and supported.”
- “There is a strong focus on ensuring that everyone feels welcome.”
To improve
- “There are some incidents of low-level disruption.”
- “Leaders, quite correctly, have identified that the programme for early readers needs streamlining so that targeted support is more effective.”
- “However, there are insufficient opportunities for pupils to engage meaningfully with the world of work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2023 (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) | 46.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 225 first-preference applications, 253 offers in total, 225 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 North Yorkshire.
- Harrogate High School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Boroughbridge High School 6.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 9.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 9.8 mi Good Last distance published