Nidderdale High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Harrogate, 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 🔒
Nidderdale High School is a secondary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Nidderdale High 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 | 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 Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 5 earlier years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026: 51 first-choice applications for 70 offers (0.7 first choices per offer), the 4th lowest of 39 North Yorkshire secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire.
- The 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 41.8 (England 46), with grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths at 31% (England 45%).
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
- Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 5HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome at Nidderdale High School.”
- “Respectful and caring relationships exist between staff and pupils.”
- “These positive relationships extend to the wider local community.”
To improve
- “However, a significant minority of pupils have gaps in key skills, such as reading and writing.”
- “This hinders their achievement.”
- “As a result, the quality of some pupils’ work is variable and does not consistently reflect leaders’ high expectations.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.8 | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 51 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.
- Upper Wharfedale School 9.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 10.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 10.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 11.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 11.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 11.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 12.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy 12.6 mi Good Last distance published