Whitby School
About the school
Whitby 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
- 7 November 2023
- Published
- 21 January 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
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
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 39.5
- 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
- 32.00%
- North Yorkshire
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 50.70%
- North Yorkshire
- 67.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 14.70%
- North Yorkshire
- 37.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.3
- North Yorkshire
- 4.12
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C-
Average A-level points
- School
- 25.59
AAB or better
- School
- Suppressed
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1041
Girls
51.30%
Boys
48.70%
SEN support
13.45%
Education, health and care plan
3.94%
English as an additional language
1.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
26.94%
Overall absence
13.11
Persistent absence
37.03
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
117
Sustained education or employment
94%
Education
80%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
7%
Not sustained
3%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
83
Sustained education or employment
76%
Higher education
28%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
31%