South Kilvington Church of England Academy
General Information
- Address: Stockton Road, South Kilvington, Thirsk, YO7 2LR – View on map
- Phone: 01845523191
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Stephen Butterworth
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 9
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card March 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
- Achievement Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 92% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 31 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 84% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 84%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 92% · Writing 92% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 110
- Based on: 13 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 5th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =3Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School94%
- =5Croft Church of England Primary School92%
- =5South Kilvington Church of England Academy92%
- =7Beckwithshaw Community Primary School91%
- =7Birstwith Church of England Primary School91%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,973 (2024-25)
154th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #152Applegarth Primary School£6,979
- #153Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,974
- #154South Kilvington Church of England Academy£6,973
- #155Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School£6,965
- #156Carnagill Community Primary School£6,937
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