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Schools in North Yorkshire

376 schools in the North Yorkshire local authority.

Schools

376

Open schools

Pupils

85,545

2025–26 census

Good or better

92%

282 of 306 graded

Academic Performance

4.8

out of 10 · 343 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
15 5%
Good
267 87%
Requires improvement
20 7%
Inadequate
4 1%
31 inspected since 2024, no overall grade31 superseded by a report card39 not judged8 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
4.8
Academic Performance

Averaged over 343 of 376 schools that can be scored

Pupils

85,545

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 370 of 376 schools (85,545 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
90%
Asian
3%
Black
2%
Mixed
3%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 345 of 376 schools (79,798 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
19.2%

15,317 of 79,798 pupils · 345 of 376 schools

First language not English
6.9%

5,509 of 79,798 pupils · 345 of 376 schools

Young carers
<1%

635 of 79,627 pupils · 342 of 376 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
293
Secondary
44
All-through
11
Special
11
Nursery
3
PRU
5
Not recorded
9

Top primary schools in North Yorkshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in North Yorkshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 376 schools in North Yorkshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in North Yorkshire

How many schools are there in North Yorkshire?
North Yorkshire has 376 open schools — 293 primary, 44 secondary, 11 special, 3 nursery, teaching 85,545 pupils in total.
How many schools in North Yorkshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
282 of the 306 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 15 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 376: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in North Yorkshire?
4.8 out of 10, averaged across the 343 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some North Yorkshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
70 schools in North Yorkshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does North Yorkshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. North Yorkshire covers 376 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in North Yorkshire are eligible for free school meals?
19.2% — 15,317 of 79,798 pupils at the 345 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.