Tadcaster Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.474 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tadcaster Grammar School is a secondary school in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Tadcaster Grammar 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 | 9.474 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 9.474 miles away, the 4th longest of 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 330 of the 581 applications (57%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 141 offers went to them.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 256 first-choice applications for 254 offers: 247 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 50% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Toulston, Tadcaster, LS24 9NB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,494 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this school.”
- “Their attitudes to learning are positive.”
- “Leaders have made sure that the curriculum matches, and goes beyond, the scope of the national curriculum.”
To improve
- “Leaders are working hard to encourage even more pupils to take part.”
- “However, this support is inconsistent.”
- “As a result, in some subjects, some pupils with SEND do not fully meet the intended learning goals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2022 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 256 first-preference applications, 254 offers in total, 247 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.
- Sherburn High School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King James's School 10.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 11.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science 11.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brayton Academy 11.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 11.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Barlby High School 12.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 12.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published