Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Milford Road, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6QN – View on map
- Phone: 01977684037
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Karen O'Donnell
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 54 families put it first for 54 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 54 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 78
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.1% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 13% moved to another school, 87% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 71% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 93% · Maths 95% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 58 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 46th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =46Huby Church of England Primary School76%
- =46Hutton Rudby Primary School76%
- =46Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School76%
- =50Appleton Roebuck Primary School75%
- =50Crakehall Church of England Primary School75%
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157th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #155Sharow Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #156Sherburn Hungate Primary SchoolGood
- #157Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary SchoolGood
- #158Sheriff Hutton Primary SchoolGood
- #159Sicklinghall Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,587 (2024-25)
183rd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #181Norton Community Primary School£6,613
- #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
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