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Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School

Primary · Whitby · YO21 2NG

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 11 June 2026

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At a glance

44 pupils · 63% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.danbyceprimary.co.uk
URN
121486

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 6 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

7 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWhitby · 7 miles awayGood29%
Threlkeld CofE Primary SchoolKeswick · 86 miles awayRequires improvement33%
Hawes Primary SchoolHawes · 53 miles awayGood75%
St Matthew's CofE SchoolWigton · 100 miles awayGood57%
Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · 157 miles awayGood63%
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield · 88 miles awayExpected standard83%
Halam Church of England Primary SchoolNewark · 95 miles awayGood77%
Shankhill CofE Primary SchoolCARLISLE · 86 miles awayGood83%
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTowcester · 159 miles awayExpected standard70%
Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolRipon · 35 miles awayNo current grade79%
Hose Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 111 miles awayGood43%
Birstwith Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 41 miles awayGood91%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,865
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £103,710; in-year balance -£8,150

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented18.3%20.5%
Detached houses50.2%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van11%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027813 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£312,50022 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£288,500–£410,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£485,000
Semi-detached (12)£305,000
Terraced (5)£245,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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