Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Harrogate · HG3 3NR
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 30 April 2024
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53 pupils · 63% of 84 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.2% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 121576
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.17 first-choice applications per place6 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
2 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 April 2024: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School
- Ripley Endowed Church of England School
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery
- Outwood Academy Ripon
- Killinghall Church of England Primary School