Cayton Community Primary School

Cayton Community Primary School continues to demonstrate effective practices in maintaining high standards since its last inspection. Pupils take pride in their school community, exhibiting positive relationships and behaviors that foster a joyful learning environment. The school's nurturing atmosphere supports effective learning, aided by dedicated staff who ensure that pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive appropriate assistance. However, the school must enhance its approach to checking pupils' understanding across all subjects to prevent potential gaps in knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary conduct and a strong sense of community.
• The school has high expectations for both academic achievement and behavior.
• Staff provide effective support tailored to the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.
• There is a stimulating and well-structured curriculum that promotes knowledge progression.
• Pupils have exceptional attitudes towards learning and helping others.
• The personal development program is well-tailored to the local context.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupil understanding in some subjects lack rigor, allowing gaps in knowledge to go unaddressed.

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 Cayton Community Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.2% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Cayton 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 Cayton Community Primary School had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Cayton Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Cayton Community Primary School received £6,548 and spent £5,907 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £599,000 (£2,855 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 Cayton Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cayton Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Cayton Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cayton Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Cayton Community Primary School have?

Cayton Community Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cayton Community Primary School cover?

Cayton Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cayton Community Primary School?

Cayton Community Primary School is at Mill Lane, Cayton, Mill Lane, Cayton, Yo11 3nn, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NN.