Bedale Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Firby Road, Bedale, DL8 2AT – View on map
- Phone: 01677422401
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Neil Clark
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 32 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: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 46
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.6%
- 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: 16.4% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 37% moved to another school, 63% 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
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: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 86% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 56 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 37th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =35Escrick Church of England Primary School78%
- =35St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy78%
- =37Bedale Church of England Primary School77%
- =37Camblesforth Community Primary Academy77%
- =37Greatwood Community Primary School77%
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24th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #22Barton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #23Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolGood
- #24Bedale Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #25Bentham Community Primary SchoolGood
- #26Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,300 (2024-25)
199th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #197Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,354
- #198St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough£6,319
- #199Bedale Church of England Primary School£6,300
- #200Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School£6,290
- #201Killinghall Church of England Primary School£6,269
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