All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Thirsk, North Yorkshire·YO7 1NB
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1371
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#204
In North Yorkshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
6 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 6 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 All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
94
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,240
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Thirsk, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 94 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 'Good'. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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