Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance since its last inspection in December 2018. The school has established a warm, safe environment where pupils embody the values of respect, responsibility, and resilience. The new leadership team, having started in September 2023, is setting high ambitions for academic achievement and overall pupil development. While there is notable satisfaction among parents regarding the school's atmosphere and care, there are challenges related to the recent academic outcomes in key stages 1 and 2, prompting leaders to address these developments in core subjects further.

Strengths

• Pupils display positive attitudes and are confident and happy.
• The school provides effective pastoral support, including access to a therapy dog.
• There is a rich and varied curriculum that pupils enjoy and engage with.
• Attendance rates are above the national average.
• The school's assessment practices allow for tailored learning to meet pupils' needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment procedures in phonics do not accurately measure all pupils' abilities.
• Some pupils struggle with reading fluency due to mismatched reading materials.
• Academic outcomes at key stages 1 and 2 in 2023 were disappointing.

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 Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 2.8% of pupils at Scarborough, Overdale 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 Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School received £6,633 and spent £6,568 for each of its 377 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £42,000 (£111 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 Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School have?

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School has 391 pupils on roll.

What age range does Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School cover?

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School?

Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School is at Ashmead Square, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3XJ.