Academy sponsor led

George Pindar School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formNorth Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber · Scarborough YO11 3LWTrust: Heartwood Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
730of 939 places
Free school meals
40.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
134
Ofsted
Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: George Pindar School (URN 121674, until 31 January 2019).

What the data says

George Pindar School has no sixth form. Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 38% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 38% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.5 in North Yorkshire, with 18% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Yorkshire and England.

George Pindar School
North Yorkshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGeorge Pindar SchoolNorth YorkshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1216,208607,348
Any sustained destination83%94%92%
Stayed in education64%84%86%
— school sixth form2%34%34%
— sixth form college38%13%13%
— further education college24%35%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship8%5%3%
Employment12%5%3%
No sustained destination12%5%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureGeorge Pindar SchoolNorth YorkshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)33.446.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths18%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects9%38%41%
EBacc average point score2.794.124.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils24.231.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils38.650.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%6%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics134100%88%4%22%48%
English Language134100%89%7%20%61%
English Literature134100%86%4%21%42%
Combined Science11183%65%0%9%27%
History10276%41%1%26%19%
Geography3828%41%21%25%45%
Biology2216%23%32%45%95%
Fine Art2216%9%5%28%32%
Physics2116%23%29%46%90%
Chemistry2116%23%24%47%100%
Music1713%5%0%33%41%
German86%5%50%33%75%
Polish64%1%83%84%100%
Russian11%0%87%
Spanish11%19%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills28
Sports Studies27
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)21
Multimedia20
Speech and Drama20
Hospitality / Catering Studies20
Engineering Studies18
Beauty Care / Services15
Health Studies2

Other secondary schools in North Yorkshire

Barlby High School

Academy converter · 482 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8

Bedale High School

Community school · 555 pupils

67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1

Brayton Academy

Academy sponsor led · 988 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4

Filey Academy

Academy sponsor led · 461 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.