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Joseph Rowntree School: data, trends and context

Joseph Rowntree School is a secondary school in York. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
121711
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary controlled school
Status
Open
Local authority
York
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Postcode
YO32 4BZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,248
FSM eligible
19.1%
EAL / First language other than English
7.1%
SEND (total)
16.0%
SEN Support
10.7%
EHCP
5.3%
White British
86.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Severe absence
7.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
YorkLocal authority90.1%9.9%4.5%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
29.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
48.2
English & maths grade 5+
46.2%
English & maths grade 4+
66.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Joseph Rowntree School against 25 similar schools

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Joseph Rowntree School is a secondary school in York. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.