Colburn Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Colburn Lane, Colburn, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4LS – View on map
- Phone: 01748832676
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Yousef Abdo
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 26 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 26 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 86
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.4% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 36% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 25 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 37% against an expected 47%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 37%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 52% · Writing 40% · Maths 44% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 48%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 25 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 208th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =206Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School38%
- =206Stillington Primary School38%
- =208Colburn Community Primary School36%
- =208Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School36%
- =208Staynor Hall Primary Academy36%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,976 (2024-25)
98th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #96West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£8,053
- #97Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School£7,987
- #98Colburn Community Primary School£7,976
- #99Barlow Church of England Primary School£7,974
- #100Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy£7,951
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