Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Short Road, Dishforth Airfield, Thirsk, YO7 3DL – View on map
- Phone: 01423322556
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Julie Lyon
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 14 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: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.1% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 6 places · 3 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: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 10 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 27th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- #26Bradleys Both Community Primary School82%
- =27Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School80%
- =27Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School80%
- =27Outwood Primary Academy Greystone80%
- =27Roseberry Academy80%
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4th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #2Burton Leonard Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Cambrai Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Dishforth Airfield Community Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Outwood Primary Academy AlneOutstanding
- #6Western Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,242 (2024-25)
48th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #46Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School£10,290
- #47St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield£10,263
- #48Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School£10,242
- #49Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£10,228
- #50Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School£10,143
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