Schools in Whitby
Whitby is a coastal town on the North Yorkshire Moors, served by 19 schools: 16 primaries spread across the town and surrounding moorland villages such as Goathland, Danby and Sleights, with Whitby School as the sole secondary for the area. North Yorkshire County Council co-ordinates admissions and publishes catchment boundaries annually.
Eight of the schools in the Whitby area carry a religious character - predominantly Church of England village schools with voluntary aided or voluntary controlled status - which means faith criteria apply ahead of proximity at those schools. Four schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. One primary is currently at or above its admission number. Because this is a dispersed, rural catchment with limited secondary choice, families should confirm their address falls within Whitby School's defined area well before the October secondary application deadline.
School demand in Whitby
Across the 18 schools in Whitby with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 68%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Whitby have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Whitby 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.
6 of the schools in Whitby have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Whitby: 1 oversubscribed (16)
Goathland Primary School
Primary · Community school
Whitby · YO22 5ND
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Whitby · YO21 2NG
Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Whitby · YO22 5DN
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Whitby · YO22 4LA
Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Whitby · YO21 3RT
Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Whitby · YO21 1NJ
Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Whitby · YO22 4TH
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Whitby · YO21 1UT
East Whitby Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO22 4HU
Glaisdale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 2PZ
Airy Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 1PZ
Castleton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 2DA
West Cliff Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 3EG
Lealholm Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 2AG
Stakesby Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 1HY
St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Whitby · YO21 1UX
Secondary Schools in Whitby (1)
Other Schools in Whitby (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Whitby 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.