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Tadcaster Grammar School

Secondary Ages 11-18 1,494 pupils Tadcaster
Ofsted: Good
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Tadcaster Grammar School is an academy converter in Tadcaster for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 1,494 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Tadcaster Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Tadcaster Grammar School. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.0, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: November 2022. GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Toulston
Tadcaster
North Yorkshire
LS24 9NB
Phone 01937833466
Reference Number 145777

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1494
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51%
Girls: 49%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 129 132 261
8 137 124 261
9 131 131 262
10 140 113 253
11 122 129 251
12 63 47 110
13 40 56 96

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.6%
White, Other 2.1%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
African 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
White & Black (African) 0.1%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Tadcaster Grammar School, inspected in March 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 04 Oct 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Oct 2022 School inspection
04 May 2018 Academy conversion letter
14 Mar 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Tadcaster Grammar School
16 May 2012 Full inspection:
28 Sep 2009 Curriculum and development visit
01 Dec 2008 Full inspection:
24 May 2006 Full inspection:
27 Sep 1999 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)
52

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56.2%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 74.5%

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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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 13.1%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 215 4
Third Preference 68 3
From another Local Authority 330 141

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Tadcaster Grammar School had 1,496 pupils for 1,614 places. 118 places (7.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Sherburn & Tadcaster Secondary” planning area

North Yorkshire counted 449 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 491 in 2031–32, up 9%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 1,6141,6141,6141,6141,6141,6141,614
Pupils 1,5151,5161,4961,5081,5121,5061,496
Unfilled 6.1%6.1%7.3%6.6%6.3%6.7%7.3%

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 Tadcaster Grammar School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.9%3.7%6.1%5.0%4.9%5.1%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.1%1.5%1.7%1.9%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 1.0%1.8%1.4%1.8%2.8%2.5%

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, 2.3% of pupils at Tadcaster Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.75.81.00.91.96.76.3
Permanent exclusions 0100000

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 Tadcaster Grammar School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.312.313.612.813.813.316.6
Teachers who left state teaching 10.0%9.2%12.4%8.4%9.9%7.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –64.0%90.9%76.8%82.0%76.1%–
Sick days per teacher –5.79.46.16.03.8–

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, 14.9% of pupils at Tadcaster Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 73 3
Social, emotional and mental health 55 13
Autistic spectrum disorder 36 24
No specialist assessment of need 22 0
Moderate learning difficulty 15 5
Speech, language and communication needs 13 6
Hearing impairment 6 1
Vision impairment 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1

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 Tadcaster Grammar School received £7,226 and spent £7,299 for each of its 1,500 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £904,000 (£603 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Yorkshire Learning Trust, income was £6,882 and spending £6,872 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £58,000£245,000£749,000£1,110,000£969,000£1,017,000£904,000
per pupil £38£161£502£736£640£673£603
In-year balance £647,000£276,000£425,000£786,000£46,000-£51,000-£110,000
per pupil £426£182£285£522£30-£34-£73

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
Riverside School, Tadcaster
Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9JN
1.64 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Station Road, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9JG
1.75 miles
Bramham Primary School
Clifford Road, Bramham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6JQ
1.94 miles
St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa
Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Clifford Road, Boston Spa, Select, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DB
2.24 miles
Tadcaster Primary Academy
Grange Avenue, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8AN
2.3 miles
Primrose Lane Primary School
Westwood Way, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DX
2.52 miles
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
Westwood Way, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DX
2.62 miles
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch
Dowkell Lane, Thorp Arch, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7AQ
2.63 miles
Saxton Church of England Primary School
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9QF
3.71 miles
Aberford Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Aberford, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 3BU
3.77 miles
Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
London Road, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9PS
4.54 miles
St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Hallfield Lane, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6JS
4.69 miles
Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and Nursery
Chapel Lane, Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 4HL
4.73 miles
Thorner Church of England Primary School
Kirkhills, Thorner, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 3JD
4.76 miles
Crossley Street Primary School
Crossley Street, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6RT
4.94 miles
Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Linton Road, Collingham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 5BS
4.96 miles
Name Distance
St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa
Church Street, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DF
2.34 miles
Boston Spa Academy
Clifford Moor Road, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6RW
2.72 miles
Wetherby High School
Hallfield Lane, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6JS
4.66 miles

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What is Tadcaster Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tadcaster Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Tadcaster Grammar School.

When was Tadcaster Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tadcaster Grammar School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Tadcaster Grammar School have?

Tadcaster Grammar School has 1,494 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tadcaster Grammar School cover?

Tadcaster Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Tadcaster Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.0, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Tadcaster Grammar School?

Tadcaster Grammar School is at Toulston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9NB.

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