A new report has revealed the best schools in North Yorkshire based on their progress 8 score - noting the top ten across the region.

Non-Stop Kids and Online Marketing Surgery have created their School Attainment Report, which helps rank secondary schools in North Yorkshire based on their average progress 8 score.

This score is a way of measuring the progress that pupils make from the end of key stage 2 to the end of key stage 4.

Within the report, the key findings, St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy has the highest progress 8 score in North Yorkshire with 0.79 above the average of 0.

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Meanwhile, the school with the lowest progress 8 score is Eskdale School, with their progress 8 score being 0.76 below the 0 average.

Top 10 schools in North Yorkshire with the highest progress 8 score average:

  1. St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy - count of KS4 pupils: 114, progress 8 score: 0.79
  2. Ripon Grammar School - count of KS4 pupils: 122, progress 8 score: 0.77
  3. Brayton Academy - count of KS4 pupils: 102, progress 8 score: 0.69
  4. Skipton Girls' High School - count of KS4 pupils: 139, progress 8 score: 0.62
  5. Outwood Academy Easingwold - count of KS4 pupils: 97, progress 8 score: 0.61
  6. Upper Wharfedale School - count of KS4 pupils: 58, progress 8 score: 0.55
  7. St Aidan's Church of England High School - count of KS4 pupils: 277, progress 8 score: 0.53
  8. Ermysted's Grammar School - count of KS4 pupils: 115, progress 8 score: 0.49
  9. Harrogate Grammar School - count of KS4 pupils: 284, progress 8 score: 0.48
  10. Scalby School  - count of KS4 pupils: 191, progress 8 score: 0.44