Scalby Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.416 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Scalby Academy is a secondary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Scalby Academy 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 | 2.416 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 |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.416 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That Year 7 last distance was further from the school in 2026 than in 2025 and in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 210 first-choice applications for 229 offers; 201 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 48.3 (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
- Fieldstead Crescent, Newby, Scarborough, YO12 6TH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 980 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils display a thirst for learning at this highly ambitious and aspirational school.”
- “The school has extremely high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils make incredible progress through the curriculum and achieve outcomes that are significantly above national averages.”
To improve
- “The attendance of some pupils is lower than leaders would like and significantly below the national average.”
- “Despite this work, the attendance of pupils at the school is too low.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils, including those with SEND, attend less often than their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 2024 (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) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.3 | 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: 210 first-preference applications, 229 offers in total, 201 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.
- Graham School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Scarborough University Technical College 1.8 mi Good
- George Pindar School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Filey Academy 8.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Lumley's Academy 14.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitby School 15.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Norton School 18.2 mi Good Last distance published