Beckwithshaw Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Row, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, HG3 1QW – View on map
- Phone: 01423504642
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Victoria Kirkman
- Age range: 4-11 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 10 · 2025 5 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
- % eligible for free school meals: 22.1%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 44.4% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication 2 places · 2 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 88% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 88%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 91% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
- Based on: 11 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 7th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =5Croft Church of England Primary School92%
- =5South Kilvington Church of England Academy92%
- =7Beckwithshaw Community Primary School91%
- =7Birstwith Church of England Primary School91%
- #9Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School90%
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23rd of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #21Barrowcliff SchoolGood
- #22Barton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #23Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolGood
- #24Bedale Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #25Bentham Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,641 (2024-25)
56th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #54Saxton Church of England Primary School£9,875
- #55Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£9,744
- #56Beckwithshaw Community Primary School£9,641
- #57Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary School£9,479
- #58Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School£9,340
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