Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Ashmead Square, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3XJ – View on map
- Phone: 01723582360
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Robert Bowman
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 35 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 170
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.9% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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.
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: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 30 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 48%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 74% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 52%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 102
- Based on: 31 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 150th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =150Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary School55%
- =150Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School55%
- =150Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School55%
- =150St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge55%
- =157Carlton Primary School54%
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147th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #145Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #146Saxton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #147Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary SchoolGood
- #148Scotton Lingerfield Primary SchoolGood
- #149Seamer and Irton Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,207 (2024-25)
207th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #205All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,240
- #206Appleton Roebuck Primary School£6,236
- #207Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School£6,207
- #208Coppice Valley Primary School£6,206
- #209Starbeck Primary Academy£6,197
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