Aspin Park Academy
General Information
- Address: Wetherby Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8LQ – View on map
- Phone: 01423863920
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Meadus
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 57 families put it first for 60 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 12 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 26
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 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: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 61 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: 96th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =86St Peter's Church of England Primary School67%
- =86The Boyle and Petyt Primary School67%
- #96Aspin Park Academy66%
- =97Leeming RAF Community Primary School65%
- =97New Park Primary Academy65%
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15th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #13Appleton Wiske Community Primary SchoolGood
- #14Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #15Aspin Park AcademyGood
- #16Austwick Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
- #17Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,098 (2024-25)
256th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #254Newby and Scalby Academy£5,197
- #255South Milford Primary School£5,180
- #256Aspin Park Academy£5,098
- #257Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£5,063
- #258Brayton Church of England Primary School£5,030
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