Admissions

Please take a look at Graham School’s Admissions Policies below:

2024-25 Admissions Policy
2025-26 Admissions Policy

The Published Admission Number (PAN) is the number of pupils it is intended to admit into the first year group of school. This number is 240 places.

North Yorkshire Council consults on proposed school admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools. You may view this at www.northyorks.gov.uk/consultations

If you wish to respond please email schoolorganisation@northyorks.gov.uk.

Primary School Students

Primary Schools will contact families of Year 5 children in June and provide you with information on how to apply for a secondary school place. In March of Year 6 you will be offered a place at a secondary school. At this point, Graham School will contact all families who have been offered a place with them for the following September.

A catchment area is an area around a single school. The catchment school is allocated by the local authority from the geographical area your address is in. Graham School usually feeds from a set catchment area that, as a general guide, includes children who live in areas served by the following schools:

East Ayton
Friarage
Gladstone Road
Hinderwell
St Martin’s
Wheatcroft

And parts of the catchment areas of:

Barrowcliff
Newby & Scalby
Northstead

Currently, as primary school numbers in these areas are relatively low, Graham School also has places available for children who live outside of the normal catchment area. Graham School currently also has students who transferred from the following primary schools:

Bempton
Braeburn
Filey Juniors
Hackness
Hertford Vale
Lindhead
Overdale
Seamer & Irton
Sherburn
St George’s
St Peter’s
Wykeham

Your catchment school is determined by your home address, and not the primary school your child attends. The LA school admissions team can advise you on the catchment school for your postal address.

In-year admissions

Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Admission Scheme

Graham School participates in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Admission Scheme for in-year admissions. If parents/carers wish to apply for a school place, applications can be made at: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/apply-place-primary-or-secondary-school

Full details of North Yorkshire Council’s in-year admissions process is available at: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/changing-schools-and-year-applications

The right to appeal

By law, if your child is refused a place at your preferred school, you have the right to appeal against that decision to an independent panel.

Further detail is available at: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/appeal-school-place

Admission for students with SEND

Please see our SEND page for more information.