Ripon Grammar School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Ripon, North Yorkshire
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Pass mark | 203 |
From North Yorkshire Council · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.483 miles
Out of Catchment Distance · Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ripon Grammar School is a secondary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ripon Grammar 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 | 10.483 mi |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 94% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire.
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 10.483 miles away, the longest of the 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026, 165 first-choice applications for 110 offers: 109 offers went to first-choice families, and 56 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place.
- 3.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire is 21.6%.
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
- Clotherholme Road, Ripon, HG4 2DG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 957 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders, staff, pupils and parents are proud of Ripon Grammar School - its history, its traditions and its achievements.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for pupils, both academically and for their wider personal development as young people and future citizens.”
- “Pupils rise to this challenge.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils do not receive the same encouragement from staff to achieve their best.”
- “However, the application of the strategies to support pupils with SEND varies.”
- “Currently, in some lessons, teachers do not implement appropriate teaching strategies that support pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 94% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 70.9 | 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: 165 first-preference applications, 110 offers in total, 109 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.
- Outwood Academy Ripon 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Boroughbridge High School 6.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thirsk School & Sixth Form College 9.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King James's School 9.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 10.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bedale High School 10.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 10.5 mi Good Last distance published