Rossett School
Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Timothy Milburn
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Red Kite Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,418
- Pupils on roll
- 785
- URN
- 136896
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01423564444
About this school
Rossett School is a secondary academy in Harrogate. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 785 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 177 | 227 | 158 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.8 | 47.3 | 44.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 -0.48 to -0.05 | +0.03 -0.16 to +0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 48.5% | 37.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 68.3% | 62% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 47% | 42.7% | 31% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Rossett School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.8 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.3 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.1 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,072 |
| 2023/24 | 904 |
| 2024/25 | 795 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rossett School compares
Rossett School ranked 24th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.1 | 10.5% | 23.4% | 785 | — |
| Harrogate Grammar School | 56.6 | 7.9% | 10.4% | 2,081 | 0.5 miles |
| St Aidan's Church of England High School | 56.4 | 6.9% | 6.6% | 1,966 | 1.3 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic Academy | 55.1 | 8% | 10.1% | 1,250 | 1.5 miles |
| Harrogate High School | 39.1 | 11.2% | 32.4% | 579 | 2.0 miles |
| King James's School | 46.1 | 8.9% | 18% | 1,554 | 4.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.4%
- English as an additional language
- 12.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.48%
- Persistent absence
- 27.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harrogate Grammar School0.5 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
-
St Aidan's Church of England High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
-
St John Fisher Catholic Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
-
Harrogate High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Harrogate
-
King James's School4.2 miles
Secondary · Knaresborough
Other schools in Harrogate
Rossett School ranks 4th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Harrogate.
- Harrogate Grammar School Secondary
- Harrogate High School Secondary
- Nidderdale High 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
- Coppice Valley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rossett School teach?
- Rossett School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Harrogate.
- Who is the headteacher of Rossett School?
- The headteacher of Rossett School is Mr Timothy Milburn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rossett School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rossett School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Rossett School?
- Rossett School has 785 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Rossett School full?
- Rossett School has capacity for 1,418 pupils and 785 on roll (55%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Rossett School a faith school?
- No. Rossett School has no designated religious character.
- Is Rossett School a selective school?
- No. Rossett School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Rossett School?
- Rossett School is part of RED KITE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Rossett School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.8 in 2022/23 and 44.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rossett School rank locally?
- Rossett School ranked 24th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rossett School's absence rate?
- Rossett School's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rossett School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rossett 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 1 July 2026.