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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

85 pupils out of 84 places At or near capacity
  • 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.

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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

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2592%74%92%
This schoolNorth Yorkshire averageEngland Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 31 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,973 (2024-25)

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