Vale of York Academy, York

Overview

Vale of York Academy is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in York, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy sponsor led
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 905
Pupils on roll: 656
URN: 143864

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: York
Academy trust or group: HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 974
Pupils on roll: 690
Unfilled places at survey date: 284

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 109
Total preferences: 172
Offers made: 122

First preferences compared with offers

0.89 first preferences per offer

109 first preferences and 122 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	109	172	122
2025/26	131	187	143
2024/25	145	199	148
2023/24	116	164	146
2022/23	135	183	150

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Secondary

2024/25 results

Attainment 8 score
School
45.3
England
47.1
Pupils included: 142
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
School
51.4%
England
46.5%
Pupils included: 142
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
School
70.4%
England
66.4%
Pupils included: 142
Entering the EBacc
School
20.4%
England
41.5%
Pupils included: 142

Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 13 November 2019 · Published 10 December 2019

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 5 February 2025 · Published 11 March 2025
Outcome: Standards maintained

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton Without, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 6ZS
Local authority: York
Area: Schools in York

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