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The Market Weighton School

Secondary · Market Weighton · YO43 3JF

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 28 September 2026

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At a glance

658 pupils · 88% of 750 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
22.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.themarketweightonschool.co.uk
URN
118076

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 138 families named it first for 126 Year 7 places, 1.10 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

126 places offered · 138 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Feeder School
7.18 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

90 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
63.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
41.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.6
Median of its 12 closest peers40.2
East Riding of Yorkshire average44.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Applemore CollegeSouthampton · 210 miles awayGood36.7
Hope Valley CollegeHope Valley · 58 miles awayGood44.4
Carisbrooke CollegeNewport · 221 miles awayRequires improvement41.4
The DeanesBenfleet · 167 miles awayGood34.4
Tudor Grange Academy RedditchRedditch · 121 miles awayNeeds attention29.8
Corby Business AcademyCorby · 94 miles awayGood39
The Macclesfield AcademyMacclesfield · 74 miles awayRequires improvement42.7
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolHigh Peak · 64 miles awayGood43.8
Broadwater SchoolGodalming · 184 miles awayGood55.9
Portchester Community SchoolFareham · 210 miles awayGood41.8
Digitech Studio SchoolBristol · 183 miles awayExpected standard31.2
Dover Christ Church AcademyDover · 205 miles awayNeeds attention30.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
41 of 40 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 59%) · Any other White background 3% (East Riding of Yorkshire 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

21.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire: 21.30 suspensions and 0.33 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

98% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,597; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,764
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (7%) · supplies and services 9% (10%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,581,261; in-year balance +£301,395

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
76%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
10%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.6%62.3%
Social housing3.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses68.2%22.9%
Flats5.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013120 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£225,000180 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£290,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (74)£302,500
Semi-detached (51)£217,000
Terraced (33)£175,000
Flat (22)£95,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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