Melsonby Methodist Primary School
General Information
- Address: West Road, Melsonby, Richmond, DL10 5ND – View on map
- Phone: 01325718318
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Lily Peoples
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 3 families put it first for 3 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: 2022 10 · 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Methodist
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.4%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 36.1% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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: 2.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 0.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 31.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.
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119th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #117Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery SchoolGood
- #118Meadowside AcademyGood
- #119Melsonby Methodist Primary SchoolGood
- #120Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #121Middleham Church of England Aided SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £15,103 (2024-25)
11th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #9Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy£15,217
- #10Luttons Community Primary Academy£15,133
- #11Melsonby Methodist Primary School£15,103
- #12Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£15,070
- #13Darley Primary School£14,862
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