Schools in Ripon
Ripon in North Yorkshire has 16 schools in the catchment.school database, including 13 primaries and 2 secondaries – Ripon Grammar School and Outwood Academy Ripon – coordinated by North Yorkshire Council. Eleven of the 16 schools carry a religious designation (Church of England or Roman Catholic), giving Ripon a notably high faith-school concentration for a city of its size. Faith criteria run alongside distance at all 11 designated schools.
Ripon Grammar School is a selective grammar school: entry is via the North Yorkshire grammar school test held each autumn, and the school draws applicants from across the Harrogate district and beyond. Families seeking a non-selective secondary option apply to Outwood Academy Ripon, which operates under an academy trust's own admissions criteria. Eight schools are academies. The average fill rate is 83%, and two schools are currently at or above their admission number. Five of eight Ofsted-rated schools are rated Good or Outstanding.
School demand in Ripon
Across the 15 schools in Ripon with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
11 schools in Ripon have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Ripon are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of North Yorkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Ripon have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Ripon: 2 oversubscribed (13)
Moorside Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Community school
Ripon · HG4 1SU
Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ripon · HG4 4AH
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ripon · HG4 5JN
Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ripon · HG4 3RT
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Ripon · HG4 1LT
Sharow Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ripon · HG4 5BJ
Outwood Primary Academy Greystone
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Ripon · HG4 1RW
Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ripon · HG4 3BH
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ripon · HG4 2ES
Fountains Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ripon · HG4 3PJ
North Stainley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ripon · HG4 3HT
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Ripon · HG4 2ES
Masham CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Ripon · HG4 4EG
Secondary Schools in Ripon (2)
Other Schools in Ripon (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Ripon are set by North Yorkshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.