Secondary
Joseph Rowntree School
Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, YO32 4BZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1248 of 1328 places
- Local authority
- York
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
46%
48.2
10th of 13 by our score, among the secondary schools in York we can score - 16 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 | 48.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 |
| Entered the EBacc | 58% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.45 |
| A level students | 78 |
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 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.5 |
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 37.1 |
| 24/25 | 37.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.14 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | -0.07 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.6 |
| 22/23 | 46.3 |
| 23/24 | 45.8 |
| 24/25 | 48.2 |
Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, YO32 4BZ
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.
York 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
- David Hewitt
- Address
- Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, YO32 4BZ
- Telephone
- 01904552100