Wykeham Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Scarborough, North Yorkshire·YO13 9QB
Composite score
63.7
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#2,948
National rank
#280
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#44
In North Yorkshire
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 4 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 4 places

Every child who put Wykeham Church of England 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
60
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,417
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wykeham Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Wykeham Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 60 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 35.0 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 among the top 20% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wykeham Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Wykeham Church of England Primary School, 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.

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