Schools in York

57 schools with published admissions figures

The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in York

Primary

Offered their first choice 94.1%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 94.6% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 99.0%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 1,553
Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 94.1% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 94.6%.

The council's primary schools between them had 1,891 places for 1,553 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

Offered their first choice 93.7%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 90.9% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 98.7%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 1,772
Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 93.7% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.8 points higher than in 2016, when it was 90.9%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,977 places for 1,772 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

The rules York allocated under in 2025

From the council's own allocation reports for 2025, covering 59 schools. This is not the order of priority. The reports say how many children each rule admitted, never where the rule sits in the list, so these are ordered by the number of children and that is a different thing. For the rules in order, read the admission arrangements the admission authority publishes.

Used across the council

Recorded by most of its schools, so part of the council's standard scheme rather than one school's own arrangement.

Rule	Schools	Children admitted
Catchment	57	2,082
Distance	56	605
Sibling	57	405
Religion	53	234
Living inside the school's specified area	51	117
Social or medical need	59	106
Living outside the school's specified area	48	0

Used by some schools only

Recorded by a minority of schools here, so more likely to belong to those schools' own arrangements than to the council's scheme.

Rule	Schools	Children admitted
Feeder school	4	59
Other	4	9

These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's. Source: the council's published allocation reports.

If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in York lodged 62 appeals about a school place.

40 of them were heard by a panel and 20 succeeded, which is about 50 in every 100 heard.

The other 22 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Secondary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
All Saints Catholic School York York	1.32	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy York	1.04	-	Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Fulford School York	1.06	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Huntington School York	1.17	-	School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection
Joseph Rowntree School York	0.83	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Manor Church of England Academy York	0.88	-	Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Millthorpe School York	0.91	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Vale of York Academy York	0.89	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
York High School York	0.95	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)

Elsewhere

Most sought-after schools in York by first preferences per place
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