Whitby School

School Name: Whitby School
Address: Prospect Hill
Town/City: Whitby
County: North Yorkshire
Postcode: YO21 1LA
Telephone Number: 01947 601901
Website: http://www.whitbyschool.co.uk/

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-19)
Type: Community school
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Federation: Whitby Secondary Partnership

Principal: Miss Julie Caddell
Capacity: 1539
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 975 (50% boys & 50% girls)
Enrollment: 63% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 27.6%

• SLCN - Speech, language and Communication

URN: 121667
DfE Number: 815/4039
UKPRN: 10007478
UPRN: 100052160287
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: North Yorkshire (E06000065)
Constituency: Scarborough and Whitby (E14001461)
Electoral Ward: Whitby Streonshalh (E05014336)

Easting & Northing: 489227E, 510489N
Latitude & Longitude: 54° 28' 57.18" N 0° 37' 27.03" W
Plus Code: 9C6XF9MG+28

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1. International Christian Language School for Functional English (0.3km)
2. Stakesby Primary Academy (0.5km)
3. Airy Hill Primary School (0.6km)
4. West Cliff Primary School (0.8km)
5. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.3km)
6. East Whitby Primary Academy (1.6km)
7. Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (3.7km)
8. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (4.2km)

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