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Beckwithshaw Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Church Row, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate HG3 1QW · beckwithshawprimary.org.uk · 01423 504642
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 91%
- 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
- 68
- 69% of 99 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 91% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 27% 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 | |||
| ▲91% | 62% | ||
| ▲27% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Beckwithshaw Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 11
- 17% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 45% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied