Ermysted's Grammar School

Ermysted’s Grammar School is performing well overall, with a recent inspection resulting in a 'Good' rating for overall effectiveness and outstanding ratings in key areas such as behavior, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. This reflects the significant efforts made by exceptional leaders who have worked diligently over recent years to enhance the educational experience for students. The school, which has not been inspected in over a decade due to exemptions, has made impressive strides in providing a well-rounded education that combines strong academic results with vital personal development. The school's commitment to developing a positive and respectful community is evident in the behavior of its pupils, who display enthusiasm for learning and a readiness to engage with important societal issues.

Strengths

• Exceptional leadership continually strives to develop the school for the benefit of pupils.
• Outstanding behavior of pupils, who are focused and respectful.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum catering to a wide range of subjects.
• High-quality support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong personal development and leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Sixth-form students act as role models and provide mentoring for younger pupils.
• Excellent library provision supporting diverse reading habits.

Areas for Improvement

• In some key stage 3 lessons, essential subject knowledge is not always checked before moving on to new content.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ermysted's Grammar School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.8% of pupils at Ermysted's Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ermysted's Grammar School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.3% of pupils at Ermysted's Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Ermysted's Grammar School received £6,927 and spent £7,004 for each of its 836 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £423,000 (£506 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Ermysted's Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ermysted's Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Ermysted's Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ermysted's Grammar School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Ermysted's Grammar School have?

Ermysted's Grammar School has 836 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ermysted's Grammar School cover?

Ermysted's Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Ermysted's Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 64.3, and 84% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ermysted's Grammar School?

Ermysted's Grammar School is at Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1PL.