Tang Hall Primary Academy

Tang Hall Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating in all domains during this inspection. The school has a strong curriculum that effectively supports pupils' learning, alongside a new behaviour policy that promotes respectful interactions. Relationships between pupils and staff are nurturing, fostering a sense of safety and community involvement. The school encourages personal development through various activities that enhance students' leadership skills and resilience, although some areas, particularly regarding British values and world religions, require further development.

Strengths

• Strong curriculum that supports pupil learning.
• Effective behaviour policy promoting respect.
• Nurturing relationships between pupils and staff.
• Active engagement in community service projects.
• Robust support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Well-developed mathematics curriculum with effective teaching materials.

Areas for Improvement

• Limited opportunity for foundation subject leaders to check teaching.
• Some foundation subjects do not allow pupils to fully demonstrate understanding.
• Inconsistent development of personal development aspects related to British values.

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 Tang Hall Primary Academy attended 91.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.0% 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, 5.7% of pupils at Tang Hall Primary Academy 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 Tang Hall Primary Academy had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 24.2% of pupils at Tang Hall Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 2024–25 Tang Hall Primary Academy received £7,453 and spent £8,663 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £78,000 (-£345 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,527 and spending £8,307 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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Tang Hall Primary Academy is part of Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Heworth Church of England Primary School York
• Applefields School York
• Hempland Primary School York
• St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School York
• Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy York
• Badger Hill Primary Academy York
• New Earswick Primary School York
• Poppleton Road Primary School York
• Huntington Primary Academy York
• Acomb Primary School York

What is Tang Hall Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tang Hall Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Tang Hall Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tang Hall Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Tang Hall Primary Academy have?

Tang Hall Primary Academy has 227 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tang Hall Primary Academy cover?

Tang Hall Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Tang Hall Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Tang Hall Primary Academy?

Tang Hall Primary Academy is at Sixth Avenue, York, North Yorkshire, YO31 0UT.