St Francis Xavier School, a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow North Yorkshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See North Yorkshire's full dates

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 Roman Catholic/Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 160 families put this school as their first choice, and 113 places were offered. 113 of the families who put it first got a place (71%). More families put it first than there were places.

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.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 12 November 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

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

11–16

Pupils

611 (capacity 570)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic/Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Middlesbrough

Academy trust

NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01748823414

Address

Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7DA

Website

sfxschool.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports