Joseph Rowntree School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 11–18 · York
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Joseph Rowntree School is a secondary school in York for ages 11–18 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 October 2022. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Joseph Rowntree 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 drew 154 first-choice applications for 185 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the lowest of 9 York secondary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in York.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
- Staffing works out at 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in York.
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
- Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, YO32 4BZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 1,248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school, including those in the sixth form, value their learning.”
- “All pupils benefit from a broad and ambitious curriculum.”
- “This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities needs (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, some parents and carers of pupils with SEND do not feel that the school communicates well enough with them.”
- “As a result, they are unsure of how their child’s needs are being met.”
- “However, some older pupils do not read as often or as widely as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 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) | 46% | 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: 154 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 154 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.
- Huntington School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Vale of York Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Church of England Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic School York 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millthorpe School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- York High School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Fulford School 4.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published