Friarage Community Academy

School overview

Friarage Community Academy is a primary school serving Scarborough, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 269 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Friarage Community Academy 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Friarage Community Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.9%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Friarage Community Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.