Best Secondary Schools in York

We checked all 24 secondary schools in York and list every one: 13 ranked, then 11 without a rank.

Schools checked
24
Ranked
13
Without a rank
11

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in York. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

York also has 103 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in York.

Ranked secondary schools in York

  1. 1

    Fulford School

    Academy, 1,853 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    55.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    63.4%

  2. 2

    Outwood Academy Easingwold

    Academy, 823 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    52.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    62.7%

  3. 3

    All Saints Catholic School York

    Academy, 1,392 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    53.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    57.4%

  4. 4

    Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy

    Academy, 1,803 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    56.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    62%

  5. 5

    Manor Church of England Academy

    Academy, 1,136 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    54.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    64.6%

  6. 6

    Ryedale School

    Academy, 698 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    51.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    48.6%

  7. 7

    Huntington School

    Local authority maintained, 1,505 pupils, inspected October 2017

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    50%

  8. 8

    Millthorpe School

    Academy, 1,022 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    53.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    62.6%

  9. 9

    Joseph Rowntree School

    Local authority maintained, 1,248 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.2%

  10. 10

    Vale of York Academy

    Academy, 656 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    45.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    51.4%

  11. 11

    Woldgate School and Sixth Form College

    Academy, 1,167 pupils, inspected May 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    45.7%

  12. 12

    York High School

    Academy, 750 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    42.4%

  13. 13

    Boroughbridge High School

    Local authority maintained, 388 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    43.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.5%

Secondary schools in York without a rank