Scalby Academy
Scalby Academy is an academy converter in Scarborough for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 980 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.9, and 66% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.
GCSE results: 2026.
| Type | Secondary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 11-16 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Fieldstead Crescent Newby Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 6TH |
| Phone | 01723362301 |
| Reference Number | 143288 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 980 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 50.82%
Girls: 49.18% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 28.9% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 6.1% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 27.2 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 127 | 110 | 237 |
| 8 | 102 | 97 | 199 |
| 9 | 91 | 101 | 192 |
| 10 | 93 | 84 | 177 |
| 11 | 85 | 90 | 175 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 85.8% |
| Unclassified | 3.5% |
| White, Other | 2.1% |
| African | 1.8% |
| Mixed, Other | 1.4% |
| Asian, Other | 0.7% |
| White & Black (African) | 0.6% |
| Indian | 0.5% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 0.4% |
| White & Asian | 0.4% |
| Pakistani | 0.4% |
| Chinese | 0.2% |
| Irish | 0.1% |
| Overall Ofsted Rating | |
| Last Report Date | 08 Oct 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 08 Oct 2024 | School inspection |
| 13 Feb 2019 | Short inspection |
| 06 Sep 2016 | Academy conversion letter |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Full inspection: |
| Previously as Scalby School | |
| 23 Mar 2010 | Full inspection: |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Monitoring visit |
| 24 Jun 2009 | Monitoring visit |
| 18 Mar 2009 | Monitoring visit |
| 10 Nov 2008 | Full inspection: |
| 26 Sep 2006 | Monitoring visit |
| 14 Sep 2005 | Full inspection: |
| 18 Sep 2000 | Full inspection |
Attainment 8 Score
Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:
- English
- Maths
- 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
- 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.
| School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|
| 49.9 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
GCSE Results
| Metric | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65.5% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) | 73.7% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Attainment 8 Score
Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 152 | 25 |
| Third Preference | 55 | 3 |
| From another Local Authority | 0 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Scalby Academy had 959 pupils for 1,017 places. 58 places (5.7%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Year 7 intake in the “Scarborough Secondary” planning area
North Yorkshire counted 671 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 678 in 2031–32, up 1%.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 982 | 1,060 | 1,017 | 1,017 | 1,017 | 1,017 | 1,017 | 1,017 |
| Pupils | 999 | 979 | 974 | 994 | 984 | 981 | 974 | 959 |
| Unfilled | 0.0% | 7.6% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 5.7% |
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 Scalby Academy attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 6.7% | 10.3% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 7.1% |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Severely absent pupils | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 4.9% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 6.7% |
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, 8.9% of pupils at Scalby Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 18.2 | 18.5 | 33.8 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 16.8 | 43.4 | 42.8 | 56.0 |
| Permanent exclusions | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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 Scalby Academy had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 6.1% | 8.7% | 3.8% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 17.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.0% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | – | 65.6% | 53.2% | – | – | 56.1% | 71.4% | 60.4% | 57.9% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | – | 5.6 | 4.7 | – | – | 5.7 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 5.5 | – |
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 Scalby Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Social, emotional and mental health | 14 | 15 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 23 | 4 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 11 | 8 |
| Speech, language and communication needs | 10 | 6 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 4 | 4 |
| Hearing impairment | 4 | 1 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 5 | 0 |
| Physical disability | 0 | 4 |
| Vision impairment | 1 | 0 |
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 2024–25 Scalby Academy received £10,209 and spent £9,883 for each of its 970 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,827,000 (£1,883 per pupil).
Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 per pupil.
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £1,121,000 | £1,130,000 | £1,070,000 | £1,112,000 | £1,141,000 | £1,037,000 | £1,827,000 |
| per pupil | £1,145 | £1,129 | £1,070 | £1,123 | £1,163 | £1,080 | £1,883 |
| In-year balance | £277,000 | £31,000 | -£100,000 | £278,000 | £3,000 | -£336,000 | £317,000 |
| per pupil | £283 | £31 | -£100 | £281 | £3 | -£350 | £326 |
Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.
| Name | Distance |
|
Newby and Scalby Academy
The Green, Newby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5JA |
0.21 miles |
|
Barrowcliff School
Ash Grove, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6NQ |
0.49 miles |
|
St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
North Leas Avenue, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6LX |
0.56 miles |
|
Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School
Maple Drive, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6LP |
0.62 miles |
|
Gladstone Road Primary School
Wooler Street, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 7DD |
1.31 miles |
|
Childhaven Community Nursery School
13 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough, YO11 1UB |
1.51 miles |
|
Friarage Community Academy
Friargate, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 1HS |
1.67 miles |
|
Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy
Seamer Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4HF |
1.99 miles |
|
Lindhead School
Limestone Road, Burniston, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0DG |
2.37 miles |
|
Wheatcroft Community Primary School
Holbeck Hill, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3BW |
2.8 miles |
|
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough
Holbeck Hill, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3BW |
2.85 miles |
|
Hackness Church of England Primary School
Hackness, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0JN |
3.18 miles |
|
East Ayton Community Primary School
3 Moor Lane, East Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 9EW |
3.44 miles |
|
Seamer and Irton Community Primary School
Denison Avenue, Seamer, Seamer and Irton Cp School, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4QX |
3.78 miles |
|
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Overdale, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3RE |
3.8 miles |
|
Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School
Ashmead Square, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3XJ |
3.85 miles |
|
Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy
Braeburn, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3LG |
3.94 miles |
|
Cayton Community Primary School
Mill Lane, Cayton, Mill Lane, Cayton, Yo11 3nn, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NN |
4.74 miles |
| Name | Distance |
|
The Woodlands Academy
Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6QN |
0.94 miles |
|
Graham School
Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, YO12 6QW |
1.01 miles |
|
Scarborough Sixth Form College
Sandybed Lane, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5LF |
1.29 miles |
|
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Sandybed Lane, Stepney, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5LH |
1.46 miles |
|
Scarborough University Technical College
Ashburn Road, Scarborough, YO11 2JW |
1.75 miles |
|
Springhead School
Barry's Lane, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4HA |
1.98 miles |
|
Scarborough College
Filey Road, Scarborough, YO11 3BA |
2.55 miles |
|
George Pindar School
Moor Lane, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3LW |
4.17 miles |
|
Cambian Scarborough School
Unit 11, Plaxton Park, Cayton Low Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3BQ |
4.23 miles |
All schools in Scarborough · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications
Scalby Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:
- Newby and Scalby Academy Scarborough
- Friarage Community Academy Scarborough
- Scarborough University Technical College Scarborough
- Filey Academy Filey
- Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering
- The Parks Primary Academy Hull
- Mersey Primary Academy Hull
- Hull Trinity House Academy Hull
- Estcourt Primary Academy Hull
- Craven Primary Academy Hull
How many pupils does Scalby Academy have?
Scalby Academy has 980 pupils on roll.
What age range does Scalby Academy cover?
Scalby Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.
What are Scalby Academy's GCSE results?
In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.9, and 66% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.
Where is Scalby Academy?
Scalby Academy is at Fieldstead Crescent, Newby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6TH.