Staithes, Seton Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Seaton Close, Staithes, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS13 5AU – View on map
- Phone: 01947840257
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Isaac
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 7 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 7 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 5 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 16
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.1%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.1% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 30% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 31 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 38%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 50% · Writing 40% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 30%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 101
- 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 220th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =220Barrowcliff School30%
- =220Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby30%
- =220Staithes, Seton Community Primary School30%
- =220Thirsk Community Primary School30%
- #224Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School29%
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185th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #183St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #184St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #185Staithes, Seton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #186Stakesby Primary AcademyGood
- #187Starbeck Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,707 (2024-25)
39th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #37Welburn Community Primary School£10,739
- #38Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School£10,725
- #39Staithes, Seton Community Primary School£10,707
- #40East Cowton Church of England Primary School£10,633
- #41Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary School£10,585
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