Helmsley Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Carlton Lane, Helmsley, York, YO62 5HB – View on map
- Phone: 01439770783
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Lamb
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 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 11 · 2024 9 · 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: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.7%
- 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: 2.8% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 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: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 83% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 29 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 46th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =37Staveley Community Primary School77%
- =37Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy77%
- =46Helmsley Community Primary School76%
- =46Huby Church of England Primary School76%
- =46Hutton Rudby Primary School76%
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82nd of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #80Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #81Hellifield Community Primary SchoolGood
- #82Helmsley Community Primary SchoolGood
- #83Hemingbrough Community Primary SchoolGood
- #84Hensall Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,360 (2024-25)
196th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #194Gladstone Road Primary School£6,399
- #195Malton Primary Academy£6,383
- #196Helmsley Community Primary School£6,360
- #197Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,354
- #198St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough£6,319
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