Leyburn Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wensleydale Avenue, Leyburn, DL8 5SD – View on map
- Phone: 01969623187
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Beveridge
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.5%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 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 2 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 73% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 30 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 109th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =101Slingsby Community Primary School64%
- =109Brayton Church of England Primary School63%
- =109Leyburn Primary School63%
- =109Newby and Scalby Academy63%
- =109Riccall Community Primary School63%
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103rd of 211 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #101Leeming RAF Community Primary SchoolGood
- #102Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #103Leyburn Primary SchoolGood
- #104Lindhead SchoolGood
- #105Linton-on-Ouse Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,489 (2024-25)
190th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #188Keeble Gateway Academy£6,532
- #189Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School£6,493
- #190Leyburn Primary School£6,489
- #191Riccall Community Primary School£6,461
- #192Barlby Community Primary School£6,456
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