St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

Academy converter·Primary school North Yorkshire·YO62 4DE
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#905
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#133
In North Yorkshire
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
17
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.8920241.0020250.902026

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

Every child who put St Benedict's 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
91
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
35.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,814
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is a primary school serving North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 91 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 35.8 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. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 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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