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Scalby Academy

Secondary Ages 11-16 980 pupils Scarborough
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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

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 65.5%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 73.7%

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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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 152 25
Third Preference 55 3
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

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%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 9821,0601,0171,0171,0171,0171,0171,017
Pupils 999979974994984981974959
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

20172018201920212022202320242025
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

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 18.218.533.812.413.816.843.442.856.0
Permanent exclusions 432011221

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

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.711.311.311.811.212.816.413.913.213.0
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 –5.64.7––5.79.87.05.5–

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

2019202020212022202320242025
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:

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.

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