Gladstone Road Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Wooler Street
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 7DD
Phone 01723372566
Reference Number 121319

Gladstone Road Primary has made significant progress since its previous inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are happy and actively participate, showing pride in their roles as ambassadors for their peers. The leadership team has effectively developed an ambitious curriculum, which has led to increased engagement and enthusiasm among pupils. Despite the overall positive performance, there are areas such as the implementation and assessment of the curriculum that require further consistency, particularly in some foundation subjects.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 726
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.58%
Girls: 46.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 27.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 47 50 97
2 55 46 101
3 53 45 98
4 60 53 113
5 59 53 112
6 63 42 105

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 65.3%
White, Other 11.4%
African 7.7%
Indian 5.5%
Asian, Other 2.3%
White & Asian 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 03 Jul 2023
Date Report
03 Jul 2023 School inspection:
01 Dec 2021 School inspection:
02 Mar 2021 Monitoring visit
10 Dec 2019 School inspection:
05 Jul 2017 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
22 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
13 May 2008 Full inspection:
20 Sep 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils display high levels of respect and positive behavior.
  • Strong support systems for pupils, including well-being ambassadors.
  • Ambitious and well-developed curriculum evident across many subjects.
  • Effective early years provision that lays a strong foundation for learning.
  • Commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the school.
  • Strong culture of safeguarding, ensuring pupil safety and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum in some foundation subjects.
  • Assessment practices for learning outcomes in certain areas are not robust.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 1%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.5
Writing 2.9
Maths 2.2

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 28 0
Third Preference 20 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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