George Pindar School

George Pindar School is on a clear improvement journey. Leaders are reflective and well supported by the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust, and governance is a notable strength. Pupils and staff share a positive ‘Proud to be Pindar’ culture, pupils are generally considerate and classrooms are calm, and the school is inclusive with effective support for pupils with SEND and effective safeguarding. Personal development is strong, with a wide range of trips, careers work, extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities. However, recent curriculum changes are not yet consistently embedded. While lessons follow a common structure, some teachers do not check understanding carefully or adapt learning to pupils’ starting points, and external examination outcomes remain weak, including in Year 11. Attendance is also too low: many pupils miss too much school and therefore miss the curriculum and wider opportunities. Behaviour is improving but some pupils are not fully engaged or struggle to self-regulate. The school’s next priorities are to embed and adapt the curriculum fully and to improve attendance rapidly.

Strengths

• Leadership and governance are strong, reflective and well supported by the trust.
• Pupils and staff share a positive ‘Proud to be Pindar’ culture.
• The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum with a consistent lesson structure.
• Staff have built strong relationships with pupils and provide appropriate support.
• Pupils are generally considerate and respectful, and classrooms are calm.
• Pupils value reading, with effective early reading support and an engaging library.
• Pupils with SEND are fully included, and the ‘Arc’ provision offers specialist emotional regulation support.
• Personal development is strong, including careers advice, trips, extracurricular activities and the house system.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Pupils enjoy learning and are keen to discuss their learning with teachers.
• Governors and trustees know the school and community exceptionally well and support and challenge leaders purposefully.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent curriculum changes are not fully embedded consistently across all subjects and classes.
• Some teachers do not check pupils’ understanding carefully enough or adapt lessons to address misconceptions and starting points.
• Pupils do not achieve strong outcomes in external examinations, including at the end of key stage 4.
• Attendance remains low, with too many pupils absent too often and missing learning opportunities.
• Some pupils are not fully engaged in their learning and some struggle to self-regulate.
• The school must continue to remove barriers to attendance and ensure rates improve rapidly for all pupils.
• The school must fully embed and adapt the curriculum so pupils build on what they know and remember and achieve consistently high outcomes.

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 George Pindar School attended 85.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 38.5% 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, 18.3% of pupils at George Pindar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 11 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 George Pindar School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% 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, 9.6% of pupils at George Pindar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% 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 2024–25 George Pindar School received £7,974 and spent £7,674 for each of its 727 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £976,000 (£1,342 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Heartwood Learning Trust, income was £8,073 and spending £7,816 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). 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.

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All schools in Scarborough · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

George Pindar School is part of Heartwood Learning Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Graham School Scarborough
• St James' Church of England Academy Hull
• Newland St John's Church of England Academy Hull
• Burton Green Primary School York
• Liberty Academy Hull
• Vale of York Academy York
• Skelton Primary School York
• Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary School York
• Manor Church of England Academy York
• Poppleton Ousebank Primary School York

What is George Pindar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for George Pindar School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was George Pindar School last inspected by Ofsted?

George Pindar School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does George Pindar School have?

George Pindar School has 730 pupils on roll.

What age range does George Pindar School cover?

George Pindar School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are George Pindar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 32.1, and 25% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is George Pindar School?

George Pindar School is at Moor Lane, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3LW.