Airy Hill Primary School
Primary · Whitby · YO21 1PZ
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 5 May 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.airyhill.n-yorks.sch.uk
- URN
- 144679
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place25 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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, academy 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
- 4 May 2022: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Whitby School
- East Whitby Primary Academy
- Stakesby Primary Academy
- West Cliff Primary School
- Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School