Appleton Wiske Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Front Street, Appleton Wiske, Northallerton, DL6 2AA – View on map
- Phone: 01609881398
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Neil Clark
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 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 10 · 2024 10 · 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: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.8% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.
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13th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #11Alverton Primary SchoolGood
- #12Applegarth Primary SchoolGood
- #13Appleton Wiske Community Primary SchoolGood
- #14Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #15Aspin Park AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,506 (2024-25)
79th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #77Sharow Church of England Primary School£8,569
- #78Hellifield Community Primary School£8,506
- #79Appleton Wiske Community Primary School£8,506
- #80Sheriff Hutton Primary School£8,499
- #81Staveley Community Primary School£8,491
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