Editing York (section)

===Secondary and primary===
[[File:Hall range St Peter's School York.jpg|thumb|200x200px|St Peter's School, the city's oldest school. founded in the 7th century]]

There are 70 [[Local Education Authority|local council]] schools with over 24,000 pupils in the City of York Council area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/ |title=Schools and colleges |publisher=City of York Council |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=17 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919100932/http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/ |archive-date=19 September 2009}}</ref> The City of York Council manages most primary and secondary schools within the city.{{update|date=July 2022}} Primary schools cover education from ages 5–11, with some offering early years education from age 3. From 11 to 16 education is provided by 10 secondary schools, four of which offer additional education up to the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/Secondary_schools_directory/ |title=Secondary schools in York |publisher=City of York Council |date=1 February 2007 |access-date=17 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206073443/http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/Secondary_schools_directory/ |archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref> In 2007, Oaklands Sports College and Lowfield Comprehensive School merged to become one school known as [[York High School, York|York High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/942080.10m_merger_unveiled_as_york_high_school/ |title=£10m merger unveiled as 'York High School' |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |work=The Press |date=28 September 2006 |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112005239/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/942080.10m-merger-unveiled-as-york-high-school/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

There is one "''outstanding''"<ref>{{cite web |last=Ofsted Communications Team |date=25 July 2022 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913130530/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |url-status=live}}</ref> Roman Catholic secondary school in the city, [[All Saints Roman Catholic School, York|All Saints School]], which was founded in 1665, the school is split-site meaning that the education of lower years (years 7–9) happens on the Lower Site attached to the oldest running convent in the country, [[Bar Convent]]. And the upper years including sixth form are taught on the Upper Site which is on Mill Mount, the former site of [[Millthorpe School|Mill Mount County Grammar School for Girls]]. The Sixth form is the largest sixth form in the city. As a school it plays an essential role in York's Catholic community being the only secondary institution dedicated to the denomination. It was the first Catholic school in the country to admit girls for education in the 1660s.

York also has several private schools. [[St Peter's School, York|St Peter's School]] was founded in 627. The scholar [[Alcuin]], who went on to serve [[Charlemagne]], taught there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Alcuin |publisher=New Advent |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317205312/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm |archive-date=17 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was also the school attended by [[Guy Fawkes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/history/guyfawkes.htm |title=Guy Fawkes History |publisher=St Peter's School Archives |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419054604/http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/history/guyfawkes.htm |archive-date=19 April 2008}}</ref>

Two schools have [[Quaker]] origins: [[Bootham School]] is [[co-education]]al<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boothamschool.com/school_ethos.html |title=The School and its Ethos |publisher=Bootham School York |access-date=19 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418012016/http://www.boothamschool.com/school_ethos.html
|archive-date=18 April 2009}}</ref> and [[The Mount School, York|The Mount School]] is all-girls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountschoolyork.co.uk/mount-parents.php |title=Welcome to The Mount School York |publisher=The Mount School York
|access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323032829/http://www.mountschoolyork.co.uk/mount-parents.php
|archive-date=23 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Another all-girls school is [[Queen Margaret's School, York|Queen Margaret's School]], which was established under the [[Woodard Foundation]].