Knayton Church of England Academy
General Information
- Address: Stockton Road, Knayton, Thirsk, YO7 4AN – View on map
- Phone: 01845537291
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Abigail Clay
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 7 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 14 · 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: 6
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.1%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.8% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 76% moved to another school, 24% 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: 4.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 21% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 86% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 14 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 63rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School71%
- =63Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School71%
- =63Knayton Church of England Academy71%
- =63Mill Hill Primary School71%
- =63Romanby Primary School71%
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106th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #104Kirkbymoorside Community Primary SchoolGood
- #105Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #106Knayton Church of England AcademyGood
- #107Langton Primary SchoolGood
- #108Lealholm Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,552 (2024-25)
184th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #182Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School£6,592
- #183Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School£6,587
- #184Knayton Church of England Academy£6,552
- #185St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy£6,543
- #186Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,535
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