St Aidan's Church of England High School

St Aidan's Church of England High School is a mixed Church of England secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It currently houses over 2500 students of both lower school and sixth form age. The school was labelled as "outstanding" by an Ofsted report in October 2006. It is ranked 475th in the country for its GCSE results in 2006 by The Times. In 2022, after an inspection in September 2021, Ofsted reported St Aidan's to be "inadequate", marking a fall from the highest to the lowest Ofsted Grades. The rating was due to the "inadequate" Senior Leadership and Safeguarding at the school and the report states pupils were being "put at risk". However, after another Ofsted inspection carried out in May 2022, the school's rating was raised to "good". History The former Bishop of Ripon, the Right Reverend John Moorman, laid its foundation stone on 18 June 1966. It opened in September 1966 to provide Church of England education for Harrogate's fast-growing population. Since then, it has grown in pupil numbers. Building work The school building has grown. The most notable addition to the site is perhaps the Constance Green Hall. It was built adjacent to the ancient Bede House (formerly Wheatlands Academy), a building converted for the school's use and opened in 1997. More recently, a fully refurbished Learning resources centre, with approximately 15,000 resources and 42 computer workstations opened in May 2006 with a "Beatles Night", featuring the tribute group the Plastic Beatles, Ned and His Angry Stoats, Mexican fire-eaters and a Cilla Black tribute act.