Sicklinghall Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Main Street, Wetherby, LS22 4BD – View on map
- Phone: 01937582494
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Zoe Ellis
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 8 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 8 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 5 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.7%
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 51.9% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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: 12.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 32.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 80% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 107
- Based on: 10 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
Year 6 SATs: joint 27th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27Outwood Primary Academy Greystone80%
- =27Roseberry Academy80%
- =27Sicklinghall Community Primary School80%
- =27St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy80%
- =33Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School79%
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159th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #157Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary SchoolGood
- #158Sheriff Hutton Primary SchoolGood
- #159Sicklinghall Community Primary SchoolGood
- #160Sinnington Community Primary SchoolGood
- #161Skipton Parish Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,572 (2024-25)
27th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #25Admiral Long Church of England Primary School£12,119
- #26Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School£12,027
- #27Sicklinghall Community Primary School£11,572
- #28Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School£11,536
- #29Linton-on-Ouse Primary School£11,442
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