Applegarth Primary School
General Information
- Address: Upwell Road, Northallerton, DL7 8QF – View on map
- Phone: 01609773521
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kate Maxwell
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 30 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 13 · 2024 17 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 45
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% 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.
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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 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: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 58% · Maths 61% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 38 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: 187th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =183Hipswell Church of England Primary School48%
- =183St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy48%
- #187Applegarth Primary School47%
- =188Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School45%
- =188Pickering Community Junior School45%
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12th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #10All Saints Church of England SchoolGood
- #11Alverton Primary SchoolGood
- #12Applegarth Primary SchoolGood
- #13Appleton Wiske Community Primary SchoolGood
- #14Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,979 (2024-25)
152nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #150Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,056
- #151Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School£7,036
- #152Applegarth Primary School£6,979
- #153Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,974
- #154South Kilvington Church of England Academy£6,973
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