England · Grammar school
Ripon Grammar School
Ripon · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 121694)
Overview
- Address
- Clotherholme Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2DG
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 957
- Capacity
- 975
- Eligible for free school meals
- 4.4%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Community school
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area6% of Year 7 places offered in North Yorkshire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Highest scoring 28% of pupils living within the catchment area are offered places; surplus places go to pupils outside catchment.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Outside-catchment children are lower priority than catchment children; offered only when surplus places remain.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 235 applicants named this school (165 as their first choice) for 110 places. 2 of 110 offers went to children living outside North Yorkshire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 110 | 235 | 165 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Sept 2025 | 111 | 218 | 147 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Sept 2024 | 103 | 240 | 159 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Sept 2023 | 106 | 221 | 149 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Sept 2022 | 110 | 145 | 120 | 1.1 | 1 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 102 | 195 | 147 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Sept 2020 | 104 | 165 | 128 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2019 | 113 | 168 | 152 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Sept 2018 | 108 | 144 | 132 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2017 | 108 | 160 | 149 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Sept 2016 | 110 | 135 | 124 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sept 2015 | 113 | 143 | 125 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sept 2014 | 104 | 189 | 167 | 1.6 | 0 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside North Yorkshire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (ripongrammar.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- Not yet available
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: not yet available
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 25 January 2023: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (6)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 69.9 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 92.2% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 43.4% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 97.7% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 69.1 (2023/24) → 70.9 (2024/25) → 69.9 (2025/26).
129 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- HG4 2DG
- Map location
- 54.13915, -1.53911
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01765602647
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.ripongrammar.co.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 121694) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026