Secondary
Rossett School
Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 785 of 1418 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 77.8
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 904
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
June 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
37%
12 points below the Harrogate average (49% across 6 schools)
44.1
4.8 below the Harrogate average (48.9 across 6 schools)
4th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Harrogate we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 |
| Entered the EBacc | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| A level average points per entry | 23.75 |
| A level students | 7 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.4 |
| 22/23 | 30.0 |
| 23/24 | 30.1 |
| 24/25 | 23.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.10 |
| 22/23 | -0.26 |
| 23/24 | +0.03 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.0 |
| 22/23 | 45.8 |
| 23/24 | 47.3 |
| 24/25 | 44.1 |
Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
North Yorkshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Timothy Milburn
- Address
- Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
- Telephone
- 01423564444