Schools in Yorkshire and The Humber
2,390 schools in Yorkshire and The Humber.
Top schools in Yorkshire and The Humber
Schools
2,390
Open schools
Pupils
851,268
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
1800 of 1949 graded
Academic Performance
4.9
out of 10 · 2222 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 175 9%
- Good
- 1,625 83%
- Requires improvement
- 127 7%
- Inadequate
- 22 1%
211 inspected since 2024, no overall grade170 superseded by a report card230 not judged33 in a category of concern10 safeguarding not effective
4.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 2222 of 2390 schools that can be scored
Pupils
851,268
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 2362 of 2390 schools (851,268 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
72%Asian
13%Black
5%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 2210 of 2390 schools (823,057 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 28.7%
- First language not English
- 18.5%
- Young carers
- <1%
235,987 of 823,057 pupils · 2210 of 2390 schools
152,166 of 823,057 pupils · 2210 of 2390 schools
3,794 of 820,549 pupils · 2184 of 2390 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 1777
- Secondary
- 326
- All-through
- 34
- Special
- 115
- Nursery
- 26
- PRU
- 34
- Not recorded
- 78
Local authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber
15 local authorities, alphabetically. Percentages are of graded schools.
| Local authority | Schools | Pupils | Good or better | Academic Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 95 | 34,885 | 96%of 84 | 5.0/10 |
| Bradford | 225 | 98,506 | 92%of 182 | 4.6/10 |
| Calderdale | 111 | 35,227 | 94%of 95 | 5.0/10 |
| Doncaster | 136 | 49,424 | 96%of 109 | 4.7/10 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 158 | 45,532 | 93%of 134 | 4.8/10 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 101 | 43,386 | 94%of 82 | 5.6/10 |
| Kirklees | 199 | 66,199 | 90%of 164 | 4.9/10 |
| Leeds | 294 | 133,363 | 94%of 242 | 5.2/10 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 70 | 23,159 | 95%of 58 | 5.1/10 |
| North Lincolnshire | 90 | 23,998 | 84%of 73 | 4.7/10 |
| North Yorkshire | 376 | 85,545 | 92%of 306 | 4.8/10 |
| Rotherham | 125 | 44,886 | 85%of 102 | 4.2/10 |
| Sheffield | 186 | 83,438 | 93%of 135 | 4.4/10 |
| Wakefield | 154 | 56,350 | 92%of 123 | 5.2/10 |
| York | 70 | 27,370 | 97%of 60 | 5.8/10 |
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About schools in Yorkshire and The Humber
- How many schools are there in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- Yorkshire and The Humber has 2,390 open schools — 1,777 primary, 326 secondary, 115 special, 26 nursery, teaching 851,268 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Yorkshire and The Humber are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 1,800 of the 1,949 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 175 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 2,390: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- 4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 2,222 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Yorkshire and The Humber schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 441 schools in Yorkshire and The Humber currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- Which local authorities are in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- Yorkshire and The Humber contains 15 local authorities, including Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull and 9 more. Most admissions and school-place decisions are made at that level rather than regionally.
- How many pupils in Yorkshire and The Humber are eligible for free school meals?
- 28.7% — 235,987 of 823,057 pupils at the 2,210 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.