Outwood Academy Easingwold, York

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Easingwold averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in North Yorkshire and 47 across England.

61% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in North Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 52 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.55: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.5, against 56.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 123 families put Outwood Academy Easingwold as their first choice and 182 named it as one of their preferences, for 129 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Outwood Academy Easingwold is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

Of the 48 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 30% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

14.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 81 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 23 (2.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Outwood Academy Easingwold.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Secondary School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy Easingwold stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 29 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Easingwold issued 166 suspensions, 21.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.