Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire·TS9 6NN

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

9 first choices, 9 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 9 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9420221.0020231.0020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton 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).

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 43
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

9.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

2.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

10.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£10,636

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Roseberry Academy Middlesbrough · 0.7 mi 69.5 Stokesley Primary Academy Middlesbrough · 2.2 mi 26.6 Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Middlesbrough · 3.1 mi 53.9 Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Middlesbrough · 5.0 mi 32.5 Hutton Rudby Primary School Yarm · 6.2 mi 49.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton is a primary school serving Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 43 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 10.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.