Harrogate High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Harrogate, HG1 4AP
- Distance
- 4.0km away
King James's School
King James Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8EB
Local ranking22nd of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1705
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 260
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 43.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
35.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
100
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 215
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1522
- Boys
- 751 (48%)
- Girls
- 803 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1705 (91% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.0%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,502/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.5%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
91.5%
White British
2.4%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
King James Road
Knaresborough, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121687
- UKPRN
- 10003643
- Establishment No.
- 4202
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