Rossett School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rossett School is a secondary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Rossett 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 3 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 8 earlier years.
- 2024/25: 37% 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 North Yorkshire.
- Year 7 2026 had 77 first-choice applications for 148 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 39 North Yorkshire secondary schools.
- 22.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire is 17.3%.
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
- Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 785 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this happy, welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They are safe and have trusted adults they can turn to for help and support.”
- “Pupils understand the importance of the school’s ‘5Rs’ values.”
To improve
- “However, some of these strategies lack specific or measurable outcomes to check that pupils with SEND are learning as well as they can.”
- “Consequently, on occasions, staff are not as clear as they could be on how best to support pupils with SEND to progress in their learning.”
- “However, some areas of its work are not fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 77 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 77 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 Grammar School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King James's School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boroughbridge High School 10.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 11.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 11.3 mi Good Last distance published