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Spennithorne Church of England Primary School

North Yorkshire, DL8 5PRPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Oct 2022
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
11 1st-choice / 11 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Spennithorne Church of England Primary School

Spennithorne Church of England Primary School has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. The 2022 inspection gave the school top marks across the board, with Good ratings for overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This turnaround story is backed by solid academic data. In Key Stage 2 SATs, the school’s average score sits at 60, which matches the North Yorkshire local authority average exactly. While the school doesn’t publish a Progress 8 score, this attainment figure places it in the middle of the pack locally, well behind the three top-performing peers in the area — Eppleby Forcett, Sacred Heart Catholic, and Middleton Tyas — all of which achieved a ranking score of 95 or above. Still, for a small rural primary, hitting the LA average is a respectable outcome.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressSpennithorne, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5PR
HeadteacherZoe Hirst
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils44
School Capacity44 / 83 (53% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

5 Oct 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 16 Nov 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Speech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

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

School day

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Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:30

Source: fed-mas.n-yorks.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Spennithorne Church of England Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.