Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Thorpe Lane, Fylingthorpe, Whitby, YO22 4TH – View on map
- Phone: 01947880429
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Thompson
- 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 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: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 22.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 40% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 21 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 80% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 103
- Based on: 15 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 203rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =199Wavell Community Primary School41%
- =203Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School40%
- =203Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School40%
- =203Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School40%
- =206Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School38%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
66th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #64Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolGood
- #65Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #66Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #67Giggleswick Primary SchoolGood
- #68Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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