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Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary · Whitby · YO22 4LA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 April 2023

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At a glance

55 pupils · 65% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
29.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
32.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://heritagecoastfederation.org.uk/hawsker_school/about.html
URN
121498

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
24/25
25/26
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
22%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
99
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school22%
Median of its 12 closest peers42.5%
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
Bythams Primary SchoolGrantham · 118 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Hornsea Burton Primary SchoolHornsea · 42 miles awayGood38%
Pendock CofE Primary SchoolGloucester · 185 miles awayGood14%
Thorndon Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 166 miles awayExpected standard82%
The Newton Community Primary SchoolSt Neots · 156 miles awayGood33%
Yaxham Church of England Primary AcademyDereham · 140 miles awayExpected standard76%
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 51 miles awayGood33%
Treales Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 102 miles awayNeeds attention57%
Charsfield Church of England Primary SchoolWoodbridge · 177 miles awayGood60%
Plymtree Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 277 miles awayGood22%
Surfleet Primary SchoolSpalding · 114 miles awayGood47%
Trenode CofE VA Primary AcademyLooe · 324 miles awayGood83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%)

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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17%
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
18.3
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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,728; 50% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,550
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 9% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £162,513; in-year balance +£2,267

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.1%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses43.8%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034973 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,000–£330,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£322,500
Semi-detached (6)£267,500

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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