Snape Community Primary School

Snape Community Primary School is performing well overall, having maintained a 'Good' rating since its previous inspection. The school operates within a federation with Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School, which allows for shared resources and collaborative opportunities for pupils. Students enjoy their time at school, benefit from strong relationships with staff, and exhibit positive behavior. Leaders have implemented several curriculum improvements that are leading to enhanced engagement and learning outcomes for pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Effective support for pupils to access the curriculum
• Ambitious and coherently sequenced curriculum
• Strong performance in mathematics
• Frequent opportunities for pupils to revisit and build on prior learning
• Wide range of extracurricular activities and clubs
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Some lessons lack sufficiently ambitious tasks for pupils
• Inconsistent articulation of prior learning in lessons

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 Snape Community Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% 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, 6.1% of pupils at Snape 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 2024–25 Snape Community Primary School had 32.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.8). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 100.0% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Snape Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.8% 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.

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What is Snape Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Snape Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Snape Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Snape Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Snape Community Primary School have?

Snape Community Primary School has 34 pupils on roll.

What age range does Snape Community Primary School cover?

Snape Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Snape Community Primary School?

Snape Community Primary School is at INGS LANE, SNAPE, BEDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, DL8 2TF.