Darwin School
Darwin School is an independent school in Thirsk for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 9 pupils and room for 24.
Baldersby St James, Thirsk, YO7 4PT01765 803450pebblescare.comCarrie Fraser headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to North Yorkshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mary's School | Independent | 1.5 miles | 221 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Alanbrooke Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 27 | No overall grade 2025 | 100 | Compare |
| Topcliffe CofE Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 116 | No overall grade 2025 | 90 | Compare |
| Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 97 | Good 2019 | 49 | Compare |
| Carlton Miniott Primary Academy | Academy | 3.3 miles | 196 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Sharow Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 3.8 miles | 76 | No overall grade 2025 | 22 | Compare |
| Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School | Council | 4.0 miles | 96 | Outstanding 2023 | 20 | Compare |
| Breckenbrough School | Non-maintained special | 4.1 miles | 71 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Darwin School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Darwin School yet.
How many pupils does Darwin School have?
9 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 24 places, so it is 38% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Baldersby St James, Thirsk, YO7 4PT
- Telephone
- 01765 803450
- Website
- pebblescare.com
- Headteacher
- Carrie Fraser
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Wathvale & Bishop Monkton
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 22 May 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151618 · LAESTAB 8156059
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.