Yarm Primary School

Yarm Primary School continues to provide a good quality of education, maintaining high standards since its last inspection. The school is highly regarded by parents, with students feeling safe and enjoying their time at school. Attendance rates are above the national average, and pupils demonstrate kindness and respect for one another, reflecting the strong emphasis on personal development and community values. The curriculum is well-organized and sequenced from early years to Year 6, and there is a particular strength in mathematics where pupils achieve exceptionally well.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well in mathematics.
• Staff care deeply for each child and create a welcoming environment.
• The curriculum is well-organized and meets the needs of all pupils.
• There is a strong focus on personal development.
• Pupils with SEND make progress similar to other pupils.
• Effective safeguarding procedures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of foundation subjects, clear steps for deepening subject knowledge are not always identified.

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 Yarm Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Yarm 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 Yarm Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.6% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Yarm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 8 pupils.

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 2024–25 Yarm Primary School received £6,078 and spent £6,451 for each of its 319 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £60,000 (-£188 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Yarm · Stockton-on-Tees local authority: places and applications

Yarm Primary School is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• Rose Wood Academy Middlesbrough
• Hardwick Green Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Harrow Gate Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Easterside Academy Middlesbrough
• Stokesley Primary Academy Middlesbrough
• High Clarence Academy Middlesbrough
• Oakdene Primary Academy Billingham
• Roseberry Academy Middlesbrough
• Stakesby Primary Academy Whitby
• East Whitby Primary Academy Whitby

What is Yarm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Yarm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Yarm Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Yarm Primary School have?

Yarm Primary School has 316 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yarm Primary School cover?

Yarm Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yarm Primary School?

Yarm Primary School is at Spitalfields, Yarm, Teesside, TS15 9HF.