Romanby Primary School

Community school·Primary school Northallerton, North Yorkshire·DL7 8BL
Composite score
60.2
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#3,874
National rank
#369
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#61
In North Yorkshire
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Romanby Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
257
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,246
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Romanby Primary School is a primary school serving Northallerton, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 257 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Romanby Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Romanby Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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