Outwood Academy Ripon
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Ripon · HG4 2DE · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
- Att845.0
- P80.2
- EM5+49%
- Absence7.7%
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 121694
Ripon Grammar School
Community school · Ripon · HG4 2DG
Ages 11–18 · 957 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
69.1
Overall absence
5.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-25
- 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+0.72
−20+2
Attainment 869.1
English & maths grade 5+92%
English & maths grade 4+98%
EBacc entry78%
EBacc APS: 6.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.0%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 583
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
957 pupils · 975 places
- Pupils on roll
- 957
- Boys / girls
- 482 / 475
- School capacity
- 975
- Capacity fill
- 957 / 975 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 4.4%
- FSM pupils
- 28
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Webb
Location
- Address
- Clotherholme Road
- Postcode
- HG4 2DG
- 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 community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Ripon, North Yorkshire, 957 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, selective admissions. Free school meals: 4.4%.
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%
0.4 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
Other independent special school
Ripon · HG4 3HN · North Yorkshire
Ages 8–19
0.9 miles away
Moorside Primary School & Nursery
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ripon · HG4 1SU · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM24.3%
0.9 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%
1.2 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
- Mr Jonathan Webb
- Telephone
- 01765602647