Lady Lumley's Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Pickering, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lady Lumley's Academy is a secondary school in Pickering, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 April 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Lady Lumley's 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 |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 22 of the 39 other North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in both earlier Year 7 years with a published outcome, 2022 and 2023, before every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 101 first-choice applications for 110 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8NG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 676 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 April 2024
Strengths
- “This is promoted throughout the school, including academic studies and pupils’ wider personal development.”
- “Recent changes to the curriculum have allowed the school to encourage pupils to see themselves as members of a diverse modern Britain.”
- “Pupils behave well in lessons and there is a calm atmosphere in classrooms and at social times.”
To improve
- “However, most pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds do not achieve as well as their classmates.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge of fundamental British values and the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.”
- “Bullying can happen and there are instances of derogatory language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 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) | 70% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.7 | 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: 101 first-preference applications, 110 offers in total, 101 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.
- Malton School 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ryedale School 8.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Norton School 8.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Graham School 13.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Scalby Academy 14.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy 14.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Scarborough University Technical College 15.0 mi Good
- George Pindar School 15.8 mi Not judged Last distance published