Fulford School is a larger than average, over-subscribed comprehensive school for students aged 11-19. Most students are of White British background. The proportion of students known to be eligible for free school meals is below average. There are also below average numbers of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school has an Enhanced Resource Centre for 10 students on the autistic spectrum. The school is a specialist mathematics and computing school and it has a second specialism within the Raising Achievement Partnership Programme. The school and headteacher have been offering support to several other local schools. At the time of the inspection, the headteacher was still acting as Executive Headteacher and mentor for one of these schools. There is joint provision for sport, recreation and enrichment activities at post-16 level with another local school. The school has received a number of awards, including the Healthy School status and the Advanced Inclusion award. It is also a centre of excellence for teaching assistants. Students from Year 11 and Year 12 were involved in external examinations over the period of the inspection and no observations of lessons in those two year groups were possible.