George Pindar School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.571 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
George Pindar School is a secondary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
George Pindar 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 | 2.571 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 2.571 miles, the 4th shortest of the 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2022, and the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 171 first-choice applications for 156 offers; 150 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 18% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest 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
- Moor Lane, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3LW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 730 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are ‘Proud to be Pindar’.”
- “They enjoy different ways of learning, whether through practical or creative experiences, across the school’s broad and balanced curriculum.”
- “Leaders are guiding the school on an improvement journey with great skill.”
To improve
- “However, the more recent changes to the school’s curriculum are not embedded consistently well in all subjects and classes.”
- “This learning offer does not yet fully impact on how well pupils remember and know more over time.”
- “The school knows they must further improve the offer that pupils receive to support them to attain more highly, including in Year 11 examinations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 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) | 18% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.4 | 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: 171 first-preference applications, 156 offers in total, 150 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.
- Scarborough University Technical College 2.4 mi Good
- St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Graham School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scalby Academy 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Filey Academy 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Lumley's Academy 15.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Norton School 17.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Malton School 18.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published