Vale of York Academy

Secondary
Academy sponsor led
Ages 11 to 16

URN 143864 · York · HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST

In York

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

13 November 2019

Overall effectiveness
Good

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Good
Safeguarding is effective: Yes

First full inspection as an academy

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Ungraded inspection

5 February 2025

“Standards maintained”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

12.2%

York: 9.5%
England: 8.4%

3.8 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	6.4%	5.5%	5.5%
2018/19	6.7%	5.6%	5.5%
2020/21	6.0%	5.1%	5.5%
2021/22	11.8%	9.4%	9.0%
2022/23	12.2%	9.5%	9.0%
2023/24	13.2%	9.9%	8.9%
2024/25	12.2%	9.5%	8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

32.8%

York: 23.9%
England: 23.4%

9.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	20.0%	15.5%	13.9%
2018/19	19.9%	13.2%	13.7%
2020/21	18.3%	13.1%	14.8%
2021/22	37.6%	26.2%	27.7%
2022/23	31.0%	24.9%	26.5%
2023/24	33.0%	25.8%	25.6%
2024/25	32.8%	23.9%	23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

8.8%

York: 5.6%
England: 3.9%

4.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	1.3%	1.5%	1.2%
2018/19	2.1%	1.5%	1.3%
2020/21	1.3%	1.3%	1.5%
2021/22	4.8%	3.2%	2.7%
2022/23	7.2%	4.5%	3.4%
2023/24	9.2%	5.3%	3.8%
2024/25	8.8%	5.6%	3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

57.20

York: 30.93
England: 21.24

35.96 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	43.37	6.81	10.13
2018/19	49.73	11.66	10.75
2019/20	15.96	7.23	7.43
2020/21	32.10	9.57	8.48
2021/22	27.26	16.07	13.96
2022/23	45.32	26.29	18.90
2023/24	68.49	29.30	22.61
2024/25	57.20	30.93	21.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.43

York: 0.13
England: 0.23

0.20 higher than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	0.38	0.05	0.20
2018/19	0.53	0.18	0.20
2019/20	0.00	0.10	0.13
2020/21	0.32	0.13	0.10
2021/22	0.00	0.10	0.16
2022/23	0.00	0.10	0.22
2023/24	0.00	0.08	0.25
2024/25	0.43	0.13	0.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

42.7

York: 50.7
England: 47.4

4.7 lower than England.

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Attainment 8
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	Not published	53.7	49.8
2022/23	Not published	49.8	47.2
2023/24	43.7	49.8	46.9
2024/25	45.3	51.5	47.1
2025/26 (provisional)	42.7	50.7	47.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

60%

York: 73%
England: 66%

6 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	Not published	77%	70%
2022/23	Not published	71%	67%
2023/24	61%	72%	67%
2024/25	70%	75%	66%
2025/26 (provisional)	60%	73%	66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

43%

York: 54%
England: 48%

5 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	Not published	57%	51%
2022/23	Not published	51%	46%
2023/24	48%	54%	47%
2024/25	51%	57%	47%
2025/26 (provisional)	43%	54%	48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

23.5%

York: 16.5%
England: 25.8%

2.3 percentage points lower than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	23.3%	12.6%	20.9%
2022/23	23.5%	14.3%	22.7%
2023/24	23.5%	15.2%	24.1%
2024/25	23.5%	16.5%	25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

4.4%

York: 11.2%
England: 13.4%

9.0 percentage points lower than England.

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SEN support
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	7.4%	9.6%	11.9%
2022/23	9.1%	10.2%	12.4%
2023/24	7.7%	10.2%	12.9%
2024/25	4.4%	11.2%	13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

2.6%

York: 2.9%
England: 3.1%

0.5 percentage points lower than England.

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Education, health and care plan
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	1.2%	1.8%	2.2%
2022/23	1.5%	2.1%	2.4%
2023/24	2.2%	2.4%	2.7%
2024/25	2.6%	2.9%	3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

7.8%

York: 8.8%
England: 19.2%

11.4 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
Year	This school	York	England
2021/22	7.7%	6.2%	17.5%
2022/23	7.3%	7.3%	18.1%
2023/24	8.3%	8.4%	18.6%
2024/25	7.8%	8.8%	19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against York and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.3

York: 17.7
England: 17.3

1.0 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	16.7	17.3	16.5
2018/19	17.2	17.3	16.8
2019/20	17.9	17.3	17.2
2020/21	Not published	18.4	17.1
2021/22	16.4	17.2	17.1
2022/23	15.8	17.4	17.2
2023/24	17.4	17.2	17.4
2024/25	17.6	17.8	17.3
2025/26	16.3	17.7	17.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.1 days

York: 5.2 days
England: 5.0 days

0.9 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
Year	This school	York	England
2017/18	1.8 days	4.0 days	4.0 days
2018/19	7.2 days	4.3 days	4.0 days
2019/20	Not published	Not published	Not published
2020/21	2.3 days	3.8 days	3.9 days
2021/22	5.3 days	6.8 days	6.3 days
2022/23	3.3 days	5.3 days	5.2 days
2023/24	9.5 days	5.6 days	5.3 days
2024/25	4.1 days	5.2 days	5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll: 656
Capacity: 905
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 to 16
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Admissions: Non-selective
Gender: Mixed
Trust: HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST
Opened: 1 April 2017
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency: York Outer
Deprivation of the area (IDACI): Decile 6 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton Without, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 6ZS

Website: voy.hlt.academy/

Telephone: 01904560000

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Sources and corrections

Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.

Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))

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