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Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Maple Drive, Scarborough YO12 6LP · northsteadprimary.co.uk · 01723 362249
On the mapSearch near YO12 6LP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Yorkshire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 560
- 89% of 630 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.6%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 55 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 69 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 76 | 63 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 77 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across North Yorkshire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 20 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 20 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 50
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (26%) with SEND