Layfield Primary School

Layfield Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key areas of inspection. The school prides itself on creating an environment where pupils feel respected, safe, and ready to learn, with strong partnerships between staff and families contributing to this supportive atmosphere. Notably, the early years provision stands out as exceptional, ensuring children are well-prepared for their future education. The inspection marks the school's first evaluation since becoming an academy, highlighting the effectiveness of its leadership and a meticulously designed curriculum that accommodates all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong leadership and collaboration among staff
• Exceptional early years provision
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics from nursery onwards
• Pupils demonstrate respect and good behavior throughout the school
• Effective safeguarding measures in place
• Pupils actively engage in the local community
• Ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack consistent opportunities for revisiting knowledge
• Inconsistent feedback from teachers affects student progress

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 Layfield Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Layfield 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 Layfield Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 12.4% of pupils at Layfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Layfield Primary School received £6,569 and spent £6,787 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£340 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Spark Education Trust, income was £7,398 and spending £7,254 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

Layfield Primary School is part of Spark Education Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Conyers School Yarm
• Levendale Primary School Yarm
• Kirklevington Primary School Yarm
• Egglescliffe School Stockton-On-Tees
• Junction Farm Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• The Links Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Whinstone Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Bader Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Whitehouse Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Chandlers Ridge Academy Middlesbrough

What is Layfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Layfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Layfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Layfield Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Layfield Primary School have?

Layfield Primary School has 217 pupils on roll.

What age range does Layfield Primary School cover?

Layfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Layfield Primary School?

Layfield Primary School is at Everingham Road, Yarm, North Yorkshire, TS15 9TF.