Brompton Hall School
High Street, Brompton-By-Sawdon, Scarborough, YO13 9DB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 8 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VENN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Troake
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Sponsor
- Venn Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 86
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 149474
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01723859121
About this school
Brompton Hall School is a special academy in Scarborough. It teaches children aged 8 to 16 and has 80 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 17% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 17% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 17% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97.0 | 88.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 91.0 | 85.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.81 -2.55 to -1.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 5.9% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 11.8% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.1 |
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 Brompton Hall 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 | — | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 8.6 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.3 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 45.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 43.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 83 |
| 2024/25 | 75 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 77.33%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 43.09%
- Persistent absence
- 73.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Woodlands Academy6.0 miles
Academies · Scarborough
-
Cambian Scarborough School6.2 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
-
Springhead School6.2 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
-
Scarborough College6.9 miles
Independent schools · Scarborough
-
Westwood Academy7.0 miles
Academies · Scarborough
Other schools in Scarborough
- Cambian Scarborough School Special schools
- Springhead School Special schools
- The Woodlands Academy Academies
- Westwood Academy Academies
- Childhaven Community Nursery School Nursery
- Barrowcliff School Primary
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School Primary
- Cayton Community Primary School Primary
- East Ayton Community Primary School Primary
- Friarage Community Academy Primary
- Gladstone Road Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brompton Hall School teach?
- Brompton Hall School teaches children aged 8 to 16. It is a special school in Scarborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Brompton Hall School?
- The headteacher of Brompton Hall School is Mrs Katie Troake, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brompton Hall School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brompton Hall 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 Brompton Hall School?
- Brompton Hall School has 80 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 8 to 16.
- Is Brompton Hall School full?
- Brompton Hall School has capacity for 86 pupils and 80 on roll (93%), 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 Brompton Hall School a faith school?
- No. Brompton Hall School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Brompton Hall School?
- Brompton Hall School is part of VENN ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Brompton Hall School have?
- The schools register lists Brompton Hall School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Brompton Hall School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Brompton Hall School's absence rate?
- Brompton Hall School's overall absence rate is 43.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brompton Hall School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brompton Hall 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 10 July 2026.