Nawton Community Primary School

Nawton Community Primary School delivers a strong standard of education, demonstrating effective leadership and a nurturing environment that supports pupil safety and wellbeing. The safeguarding standards are met, fostering a culture of trust where staff are proactive in addressing concerns. The school's decisive actions have led to improvements in attendance, behavior, and the overall quality of the curriculum, allowing pupils to show progress in their learning, particularly in early years and core subjects. However, inconsistencies remain in the achievement levels of older pupils in reading, writing, and mathematics, indicating ongoing challenges the school is addressing.

Strengths

• Strong leadership has improved attendance and behavior through decisive actions.
• Pupils benefit from a well-designed and ambitious curriculum.
• Children in early years receive strong support for their social and academic development.
• Staff establish trusting relationships with pupils, creating a safe and supportive environment.
• Targeted support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and those who are disadvantaged.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement has historically been below national averages.
• Some aspects of writing and mathematics are not sufficiently well developed.
• Leaders need to ensure continued improvements in pupils' achievement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Nawton Community Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Nawton Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Nawton Community Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.7% of pupils at Nawton Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Nawton Community Primary School received £9,736 and spent £10,246 for each of its 107 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £117,000 (£1,089 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is Nawton Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nawton Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Nawton Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nawton Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Nawton Community Primary School have?

Nawton Community Primary School has 90 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nawton Community Primary School cover?

Nawton Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Nawton Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nawton Community Primary School?

Nawton Community Primary School is at School Lane, Nawton, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 7SF.