Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: St John's Grove, Kirk Hammerton, York, YO26 8DE – View on map
- Phone: 01423330460
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lauren Evans
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 9 places – 8 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 7 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.6%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.2% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
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
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 67% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 104
- Based on: 12 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 129th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- #128East Ayton Community Primary School59%
- =129Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary School58%
- =129Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School58%
- =129Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School58%
- =129Sherburn Hungate Primary School58%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
99th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #97Killinghall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #98Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #99Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #100Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #101Kirkby Malzeard Church of England 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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