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Seamer and Irton Community Primary School

North Yorkshire, YO12 4QXPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
3 Good · 2 Requires improvement
Jun 2025
KS2 Results
44%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
40 1st-choice / 45 places
Ranking
#11,950
of 13,686 nationally

About Seamer and Irton Community Primary School

Seamer and Irton Community Primary School received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in June 2025, a step down from the Good rating it had held since its previous inspection in 2014. The school’s most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard: only 44% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year, compared with a local authority average of 60% for North Yorkshire. This places the school in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, ranking 11,950th out of 13,686 schools. The picture is mixed across individual subjects: 77% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, which is a respectable figure, but maths (54%) and reading (61%) lag further behind. Just 5% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, and the school’s ranking within North Yorkshire is 196th out of 223 primary schools.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressDenison Avenue, Seamer and Irton Cp School, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4QX
HeadteacherRobert Webb
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils411
Free School Meals (FSM)16.6%
School Capacity411 / 420 (98% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

17 Jun 2025
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Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Requires improvement
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 9 Sept 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:30

Source: seamerirtonprimary.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Seamer and Irton Community Primary School

Seamer and Irton Community Primary School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.