Graham School
About the school
Graham School is an open secondary school in North Yorkshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 February 2026
- Published
- 11 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 38.3
- North Yorkshire
- 46.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- North Yorkshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 28.20%
- North Yorkshire
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 54.80%
- North Yorkshire
- 67.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 19.10%
- North Yorkshire
- 37.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.27
- North Yorkshire
- 4.12
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
968
Girls
53.10%
Boys
46.90%
SEN support
7.33%
Education, health and care plan
4.03%
English as an additional language
15.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
37.50%
Overall absence
13.44
Persistent absence
41.01
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
159
Sustained education or employment
90%
Education
83%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
7%