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Askwith Primary School

Primary · Otley · LS21 2HX

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Outstanding

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.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 9 November 2022

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At a glance

105 pupils · 100% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.askwith.n-yorks.sch.uk
URN
142189

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.33 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.76 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 9 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

1.33 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
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. Places by distance, last offered at 2.76 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.76 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
94%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school94%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolMalpas · 72 miles awayGood44%
St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolYork · 21 miles awayRequires improvement67%
Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolRichmond · 32 miles awayGood87%
Abbots Ripton CofE Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 125 miles awayGood94%
Winthorpe Primary SchoolNewark · 69 miles awayGood67%
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolChorley · 45 miles awayGood69%
Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolPreston · 42 miles awayExpected standard75%
Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich · 157 miles awayGood33%
Castle Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 60 miles awayGood50%
Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary SchoolHungerford · 173 miles awayGood64%
Manor Primary AcademyTamworth · 92 miles awayGood73%
Moresby Primary SchoolWhitehaven · 85 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 99% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (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)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,332; 20% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,221
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 13% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £56,000; in-year balance +£12,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.8%62.3%
Social housing2.2%17.1%
Privately rented20.9%20.5%
Detached houses67.8%22.9%
Flats2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms50.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027735 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£475,000154 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£301,000–£604,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (68)£597,500
Semi-detached (25)£479,500
Terraced (49)£285,000
Flat (12)£297,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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