Primary schools in Scarborough
21 primary schools in Scarborough, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Scarborough in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 21 schools in Scarborough first 580 times for 578 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 280 schools. 3 of the 21 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.11 miles (Cayton Community Primary School) to 2.39 miles (Lindhead School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Barrowcliff School
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School
- East Ayton Community Primary School
- Gladstone Road Primary School
- Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Staxton
- Lindhead School
- Newby and Scalby Academy
- Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School
- Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- Wheatcroft Community Primary School
- Cayton Community Primary School
- Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School
- Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy
- Friarage Community Academy
- Hackness Church of England Primary School
- Seamer and Irton Community Primary School
- Wykeham Church of England Primary School
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