Harrogate High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Harrogate, 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 🔒
Harrogate High School is a secondary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Harrogate High 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 35.4% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire is 17.3%.
- Every Year 7 applicant, first-choice families included, was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 68 first-choice applications for 87 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 8th lowest of 39 North Yorkshire secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest North Yorkshire secondary schools.
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
- Ainsty Road, Harrogate, HG1 4AP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 579 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Care, compassion and commitment are characteristic of pupils’ experience at Harrogate High School.”
- “Pupils appreciate the support they receive from staff who know them well.”
- “Pupils learn how to stay safe and build positive relationships.”
To improve
- “Achievement at the end of key stage 4 over time has not been as high as it needs to be.”
- “Persistent absence is declining, though the reduction is less pronounced for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “Over the last few years, pupils have not achieved in line with national tests at key stage 4.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.1 | 46 |
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: 68 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 68 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.
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King James's School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boroughbridge High School 8.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 9.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 9.7 mi Good Last distance published