Nidderdale High School
Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 5HL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Nidderdale High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Kath Jordan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 425
- Pupils on roll
- 393
- URN
- 121700
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Nidderdale High School was a community secondary school in Harrogate. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 393 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Nidderdale High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 73 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.27 -0.60 to +0.05 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 25% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 |
How Nidderdale High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.7% | 17.6% | 393 | — |
| Nidderdale High School | 41.8 | 9.7% | 21% | 404 | 0.0 miles |
| Upper Wharfedale School | 48.3 | 7.9% | 13.8% | 351 | 9.8 miles |
| Outwood Academy Ripon | 46.6 | 7.4% | 27.8% | 609 | 10.0 miles |
| Ripon Grammar School | 70.9 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 957 | 10.0 miles |
| Harrogate Grammar School | 56.6 | 7.9% | 10.4% | 2,081 | 11.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.6%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.7%
- Persistent absence
- 32.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nidderdale High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
-
Upper Wharfedale School9.8 miles
Secondary · Skipton
-
Outwood Academy Ripon10.0 miles
Secondary · Ripon
-
Ripon Grammar School10.0 miles
Secondary · Ripon
-
Harrogate Grammar School11.7 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
Other schools in Harrogate
- Harrogate Grammar School Secondary
- Harrogate High School Secondary
- Nidderdale High School Secondary
- Rossett School Secondary
- St Aidan's Church of England High School Secondary
- St John Fisher Catholic Academy Secondary
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England School Primary
- Beckwithshaw Community Primary School Primary
- Birstwith Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Nidderdale High School teach?
- Nidderdale High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Harrogate.
- Has Nidderdale High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Nidderdale High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Nidderdale High School?
- Nidderdale High School had 393 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Nidderdale High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nidderdale High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.