Sherburn Hungate Primary School

About Sherburn Hungate Primary School

Sherburn Hungate Primary School’s headline Key Stage 2 results sit just a hair below the North Yorkshire local authority average, but the gap is narrow enough that it tells a more nuanced story. The school’s proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 59%, compared with the LA average of 60%. That places Sherburn Hungate at rank 122 out of 223 primary schools in the county, putting it in the bottom half of the local league table but not far from the middle. Nationally, it sits around the 59th percentile, which is broadly in line with the typical state primary. The school is oversubscribed, with 130 applications for 58 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, and 53 of those 59 first-preference families received offers. That level of demand suggests local parents see value here, even if the raw headline metric doesn’t scream ‘top of the class’.

Digging into the detail of the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the picture is mixed but solid. In reading, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard and 24% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 105. Writing saw 81% at expected but only 3% at the higher level. Maths was a little weaker: 76% at expected and 11% at higher, with an average score of 103. The combined expected rate of 59% is the one that pulls the school just below the LA average. Ofsted’s most recent inspection, an ungraded visit in October 2022, confirmed the school remains Good, the same rating it has held since at least its previous graded inspection in 2015. The early years provision was rated Good in that 2022 visit, and leadership and management also came out as Good. There’s no Progress 8 data for primary schools, so the raw scores are the main benchmark here.

The school is a mixed, state primary for ages 3 to 11 with a nursery on site, and it serves a community where 28.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and suggests a relatively high level of disadvantage. Facilities include a sports hall, music rooms, art studios, an outdoor playground, a forest school area and a chapel. Sports on offer include cricket, athletics, dance, rounders, netball and gymnastics, and there are clubs such as book club, drama, eco club, film club and choir. The school’s SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families looking for a well-subscribed local primary with a broad extracurricular offer and a Good Ofsted rating, Sherburn Hungate is a pragmatic choice, especially if you live close enough to secure one of those oversubscribed places.

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