Lady Lumley's Academy
Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8NG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Clair Foden
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,126
- Pupils on roll
- 676
- URN
- 148602
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01751380097
About this school
Lady Lumley's Academy is a secondary academy in Pickering. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 676 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 149 | 153 | 139 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.5 | 49.6 | 52.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.06 -0.17 to +0.28 | +0.30 +0.08 to +0.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 61.4% | 69.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 77.8% | 81.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 32% | 26.8% | 33.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
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 Lady Lumley's Academy 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 | 49.5 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.6 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52.7 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 860 |
| 2023/24 | 795 |
| 2024/25 | 716 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lady Lumley's Academy compares
Lady Lumley's Academy ranked 9th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52.7 | 9.5% | 18.4% | 676 | — |
| Malton School | 46.6 | 7.9% | 21.7% | 999 | 7.9 miles |
| Ryedale School | 51.7 | 8.9% | 17.2% | 698 | 8.6 miles |
| Norton School | 41 | 11.6% | 26.6% | 651 | 8.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | — | 4.9% | 48.5% | 84 | 0.2 miles |
| Pickering Community Junior School | — | 4.4% | 21% | 184 | 0.2 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)
- 18.42%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.46%
- Persistent absence
- 27.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Malton School7.9 miles
Secondary · Malton
-
Ryedale School8.6 miles
Secondary · York
-
Norton School8.7 miles
Secondary · Malton
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy0.2 miles
Primary · Pickering
-
Pickering Community Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Pickering
Other schools in Pickering
Common questions
- What year groups does Lady Lumley's Academy teach?
- Lady Lumley's Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Pickering.
- Who is the headteacher of Lady Lumley's Academy?
- The headteacher of Lady Lumley's Academy is Miss Clair Foden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lady Lumley's Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lady Lumley's Academy, 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 Lady Lumley's Academy?
- Lady Lumley's Academy has 676 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lady Lumley's Academy full?
- Lady Lumley's Academy has capacity for 1,126 pupils and 676 on roll (60%), 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 Lady Lumley's Academy a faith school?
- No. Lady Lumley's Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Lady Lumley's Academy a selective school?
- No. Lady Lumley's Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lady Lumley's Academy?
- Lady Lumley's Academy is part of DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lady Lumley's Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.5 in 2022/23 and 52.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lady Lumley's Academy rank locally?
- Lady Lumley's Academy ranked 9th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lady Lumley's Academy's absence rate?
- Lady Lumley's Academy's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lady Lumley's Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lady Lumley's Academy'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 10 July 2026.