Leeming RAF Community Primary School

Leeming RAF Community Primary School is continuing to perform well, retaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. The school is characterized by its supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued, enabling them to quickly form friendships and engage positively in their learning. With high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the curriculum is designed to promote excellence in both academic achievement and character development. However, the school must work on refining aspects of its curriculum that are still in early implementation phases.

Strengths

• Strong focus on reading, with a well-implemented early reading programme.
• Pupils enjoy learning and make good progress from their starting points.
• Comprehensive support for pupils, particularly those with SEND.
• Effective personal development initiatives, fostering character building.
• A caring and inclusive environment that supports pupils' mental health.

Areas for Improvement

• Some aspects of the curriculum, particularly in foundation subjects, are still in early development stages.

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 Leeming RAF Community Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Leeming RAF 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 Leeming RAF Community Primary School had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.5% 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, 19.5% of pupils at Leeming RAF Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Leeming RAF Community Primary School received £9,220 and spent £9,127 for each of its 128 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £341,000 (£2,662 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).

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What is Leeming RAF Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leeming RAF Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Leeming RAF Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leeming RAF Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Leeming RAF Community Primary School have?

Leeming RAF Community Primary School has 128 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leeming RAF Community Primary School cover?

Leeming RAF Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leeming RAF Community Primary School?

Leeming RAF Community Primary School is at Gatenby, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 9NQ.