Ripon Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B78
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ripon, HG4 2DG
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Outwood Academy Ripon
Clotherholme Road, Ripon, HG4 2DE
Local ranking16th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 139
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 662
- Boys
- 318 (52%)
- Girls
- 291 (48%)
- Capacity
- 750 (81% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.8%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,243/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
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.3%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
84.3%
White British
5.5%
White Other
3.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Clotherholme Road
Ripon, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137412
- UKPRN
- 10035095
- Establishment No.
- 4203
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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