Academy · York
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Church of England
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow York council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 305 families put this school as their first choice, and 294 places were offered. 285 of the families who put it first got a place (93%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 294 | 305 | 93% |
| September 2025 | 295 | 316 | 90% |
| September 2024 | 293 | 307 | 90% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Rockgodacademy. Ofsted report
- Stagecoach York. Ofsted report
- Total Sports @ Archbishop Holgate's. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 13 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Sixth form
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 12 October 2021. Overall: Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1803 (capacity 1900)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of York
- Academy trust
- PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01904411341
- Address
- Hull Road, York, YO10 5ZA
- Website
- archbishopholgates.academy
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.