Ravensworth Church of England Primary School

About Ravensworth Church of England Primary School

Ravensworth Church of England Primary School sits in the bottom half of North Yorkshire primary schools when it comes to the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Its score of 50% on that key metric is ten percentage points below the local authority average of 60%, placing it 171st out of 292 schools of the same type in the county. That said, the picture is more nuanced than a single headline figure suggests. In reading, every single pupil met the expected standard, and 67% reached the higher standard — well above what you’d typically see. Maths results were also strong, with an average scaled score of 106 and 83% hitting the expected mark. The school’s overall Ofsted rating of Good, confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2022, represents a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating back in 2010. Leadership and management are also rated Good, which suggests the school has been heading in the right direction.

The mixed picture continues when you look at the detail behind those KS2 results. While reading outcomes are excellent, writing and maths at the higher standard both sit at 33%, and the combined expected standard of 50% is where the school loses ground against the LA average. The school’s national ranking for the combined expected measure places it in the bottom 50% of all primary schools in England, at the 79th percentile. For context, the top-performing schools in the same local authority — like Eppleby Forcett and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary — achieve a perfect score of 100 on the same ranking metric. So Ravensworth is not competing at that level, but it’s also not a school in trouble. The Ofsted report notes the school remains Good, and the progress from Requires Improvement to Good across two graded inspections is a meaningful trajectory. With only 48 pupils on roll, these figures represent a very small cohort, so individual results can swing the percentages significantly from year to year.

Ravensworth is a small Church of England primary with a capacity for 84 pupils but currently only 48 on roll, giving it a noticeably intimate feel. It was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry, with five first-preference applications for five places and a total of eight applications overall, so demand is modest but real. The school offers a Forest School, a chapel, a library, music rooms and a sports hall, plus clubs including drama, choir, gardening and chess. Its SEND provisions cover dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and autistic spectrum disorder — useful for families who know their child will need that kind of support. Sports on offer include cross country, athletics, tennis, swimming and rounders. This is a school that will suit parents who value a strong reading culture, small class sizes and a clear Christian character, and who are comfortable with a school that performs around the middle of the pack academically rather than at the very top of the local league table.

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