UK Schools
Outwood Academy Ripon
Outwood Academy Ripon is a mixed secondary academy in Ripon, North Yorkshire Council, teaching 609 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in July 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.6 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Outwood Academy Ripon.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Outwood Academy Ripon.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- October Half Term Holiday Mon 27 Oct 2025 - Fri 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Disaggregated Day - No students in Academy Thu 18 Dec 2025 Event
- Disaggregated Day - No students in Academy Fri 19 Dec 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday Mon 22 Dec 2025 - Fri 02 Jan 2026 Holiday
- February Half Term Holiday Mon 16 Feb 2026 - Fri 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mon 30 Mar 2026 - Fri 10 Apr 2026 Holiday
- May Half Bank Holiday Mon 25 May 2026 Holiday
- May Half Term Holiday Tue 26 May 2026 - Fri 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Students Last Day - Summer Holiday Fri 17 Jul 2026 Holiday
- Disaggregated Day - No students in Academy Mon 20 Jul 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Outwood Academy Ripon with North Yorkshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
Attendance 19.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Outwood Academy Ripon. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Outwood Academy Ripon than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.