# Vale of York Academy

Vale of York Academy is a secondary school in York, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 656 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E143864. [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 656
- Council: York
- URN: 143864

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, February 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 5 February 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Vale of York Academy was 42.7, against 49.6 in York and 46.2 in England.
42.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | York | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | 49.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42.6% | 52.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60.3% | 71.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 136 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Burton Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burton-green-primary-school-e143398): 650 m. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Clifton Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clifton-green-primary-school-e121283): 760 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clifton-with-rawcliffe-primary-school-e144264): 980 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lakeside Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakeside-primary-academy-e144710): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Peter's School 2-18](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-school-2-18-e121724): 1.2 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-barnabas-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e121473): 1.3 km. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 0% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143864)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143864)

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