All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Green Lane East, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1NB – View on map
- Phone: 01845523058
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Paul Conway
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 6 families put it first for 6 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 24
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.7%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 29% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.3% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 55% moved to another school, 45% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 46% against an expected 73%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 46%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 60% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 10 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 170th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =168Friarage Community Academy51%
- =168Richmond Methodist Primary School51%
- =170All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy50%
- =170Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary School50%
- =170Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School50%
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9th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #7Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #8Airy Hill Primary SchoolGood
- #9All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- #10All Saints Church of England SchoolGood
- #11Alverton Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,240 (2024-25)
205th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #203Hemingbrough Community Primary School£6,265
- #204Romanby Primary School£6,246
- #205All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,240
- #206Appleton Roebuck Primary School£6,236
- #207Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School£6,207
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