Ripon Grammar School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Secondary
Ripon · HG4 2DG · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
- Att869.1
- P80.7
- EM5+92%
- Absence5.7%
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137412
Outwood Academy Ripon
Academy converter · Ripon · HG4 2DE
Ages 11–18 · 609 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
45.0
Overall absence
7.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-07-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.21
−20+2
Attainment 845.0
English & maths grade 5+49%
English & maths grade 4+76%
EBacc entry25%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.8%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 749
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
609 pupils · 750 places
- Pupils on roll
- 609
- Boys / girls
- 318 / 291
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 609 / 750 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- FSM pupils
- 166
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms Rachel Donohue
Location
- Address
- Clotherholme Road
- Postcode
- HG4 2DE
- Town
- Ripon
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Ripon, North Yorkshire, 609 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 27.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Ripon · HG4 2ES · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM10.1%
0.3 miles away
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Ripon · HG4 2ES · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS245%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM21.6%
0.4 miles away
Moorside Primary School & Nursery
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ripon · HG4 1SU · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM24.3%
0.8 miles away
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Ripon · HG4 1LT · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM11.9%
0.9 miles away
Outwood Primary Academy Greystone
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ripon · HG4 1RW · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM33.3%
1.1 miles away
Other independent special school
Ripon · HG4 3HN · North Yorkshire
Ages 8–19
1.1 miles away
Sharow Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ripon · HG4 5BJ · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS257%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM17.1%
1.6 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Rachel Donohue
- Telephone
- 01765604564