Vale of York Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · 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 🔒
Vale of York Academy is a secondary school in York for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Vale of York 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 | 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 every applicant was offered a place, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in York.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 109 first-choice applications for 122 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 24.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in York is 16.2%.
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
- Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton Without, York, YO30 6ZS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 656 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school where an increasing number of pupils embody the school’s ethos of ‘always giving their best’.”
- “In lessons pupils are focused and behave well.”
- “They rise to the high expectations set by adults.”
To improve
- “Although this is more successful in some areas than others.”
- “However, the school does not provide some pupils with enough opportunities to read.”
- “In some subjects, the school does not provide enough texts to widen and deepen pupils’ subject-specific knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.3 | 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: 109 first-preference applications, 122 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 York.
- Manor Church of England Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Huntington School 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic School York 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Millthorpe School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Joseph Rowntree School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- York High School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fulford School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published