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Castleton Primary School

Primary · Whitby · YO21 2DA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

46 pupils · 82% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.castletonprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
144680

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 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 inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
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
Hague Bar Primary SchoolHigh Peak · 88 miles awayGood40%
Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkipton · 50 miles awayGood86%
Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVia Carnforth · 68 miles awayExpected standard40%
Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCottingham · 50 miles awayExpected standard64%
Ashdon Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 174 miles awayNeeds attention20%
Itchen Abbas Primary SchoolWinchester · 233 miles awayGood67%
Cheriton Primary SchoolAlresford · 236 miles awayGood70%
Belton Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 117 miles awayGood55%
Garras Community Primary SchoolHelston · 353 miles awayExpected standard67%
Finmere Church of England Primary SchoolBuckingham · 171 miles awayGood88%
Somerby Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 123 miles awayGood50%
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · 160 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Not recorded 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.8%
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
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,057; 0% 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£17,875
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £60,000; in-year balance +£18,000

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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)
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
£240,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£340,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£442,500
Terraced (11)£212,500

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
1a 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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