Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Easingwold Road, Crayke, YORK, YO61 4TZ – View on map
- Phone: 01347821767
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Judi Jackson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 15 places – 13 for every 10 places. 75% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 20 · 2025 11 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 79% · Maths 64% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 14 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 135th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =135Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School57%
- =135Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =135Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =135Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School57%
- =135Glasshouses Community Primary School57%
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51st of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #49Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #50Crakehall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #51Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #52Croft Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #53Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,538 (2024-25)
121st of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #119Moorside Primary School & Nursery£7,642
- #120Giggleswick Primary School£7,604
- #121Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,538
- #122Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School£7,536
- #123New Park Primary Academy£7,522
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