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George Pindar School

North Yorkshire, YO11 3LWSecondaryAges 11–16MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
2 Good · 2 Requires improvement
Jan 2025
Progress 8
No data
First choices / offers
1.1×
More first choices than offers made
171 1st-choice / 156 offers made
Ranking
#2,896
of 3,141 nationally

About George Pindar School

George Pindar School is a state-funded secondary school in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 11 to 16 for boys and girls. DfE data records 727 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 939.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Requires Improvement (14 Jan 2025). the published Attainment 8 score was 33.4 for 2024/25. admissions data records 171 first-preference applications and 156 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 16 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterNone
AddressMoor Lane, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3LW
HeadteacherJonny Willis
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils727
Free School Meals (FSM)40.3%
School Capacity727 / 939 (77% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

14 Jan 2025
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Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

State-funded school inspections stopped receiving a single overall grade from September 2024. Renewed inspections from November 2025 use report cards with separate five-point grades that are not directly comparable with the old scale.

Source: Ofsted, 13 Feb 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Source: gps.hlt.academy. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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George Pindar School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report for the findings and subsequent monitoring.