St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
General Information
- Address: Back Lane, Ampleforth, York, YO62 4DE – View on map
- Phone: 01439788340
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Gerard Eddy
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 10 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 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 63% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 70% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
- 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.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 74th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Tadcaster Primary Academy71%
- =74Reeth Community Primary School70%
- =74St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy70%
- =74Western Primary School70%
- =77East Whitby Primary Academy69%
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171st of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #169Spennithorne Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #170Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #171St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
- #172St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeGood
- #173St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,814 (2024-25)
110th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #108Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Staxton£7,844
- #109Thornton in Craven Community Primary School£7,830
- #110St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy£7,814
- #111Scotton Lingerfield Primary School£7,762
- #112Camblesforth Community Primary Academy£7,762
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