Secondary schools in Harrogate
6 secondary schools in Harrogate, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Harrogate in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Harrogate first 1,031 times for 1,016 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 40 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Harrogate Grammar School
- Rossett School
- St Aidan's Church of England High School
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy
- Harrogate High School
- Nidderdale High School
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Browse by authority: North Yorkshire · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.