North and South Cowton Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Main Road, Main Road, North Cowton, Northallerton, DL7 0HF – View on map
- Phone: 01325378240
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lily Peoples
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 2 families put it first for 2 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 · 2024 10 · 2025 5 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 0
- % eligible for free school meals: 0.0%
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 80% 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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 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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128th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #126North Duffield Community Primary SchoolGood
- #127North Rigton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #128North and South Cowton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #129Norton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #130Osmotherley Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £21,936 (2024-25)
3rd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #1Lealholm Primary School£30,056
- #2St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy£25,935
- #3North and South Cowton Community Primary School£21,936
- #4Oakbridge Church of England Primary School£18,500
- #5Castleton Primary School£17,875
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