Fulford School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · York
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.232 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fulford School is a secondary school in York for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 October 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Fulford 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 | 3.232 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.232 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 published years.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 302 first-choice applications for 286 offers; 279 offers went to first-choice families and 23 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 635 applications for Year 7 2026, 67 (11%) came from families living outside York, and 24 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 63% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest York secondary schools.
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
- Fulfordgate, Heslington Lane, Fulford, York, YO10 4FY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 1,853 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 4 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils who attend Fulford School are aiming for academic excellence.”
- “The school provides support, care and guidance to ensure that success is possible for all pupils.”
- “The school is driven by strong moral values.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (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) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.2 | 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: 302 first-preference applications, 286 offers in total, 279 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.
- Millthorpe School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic School York 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- York High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Vale of York Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Huntington School 3.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Manor Church of England Academy 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Joseph Rowntree School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published