Starbeck Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, HG2 7LL – View on map
- Phone: 01423884780
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Garry de Castro Morland
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 25 places – 10 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 15 · 2025 13 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.8%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 31% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 76% · Maths 41% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 55%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 98
- Based on: 29 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 218th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =212Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School33%
- =218Sharow Church of England Primary School31%
- =218Starbeck Primary Academy31%
- =220Barrowcliff School30%
- =220Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby30%
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187th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #185Staithes, Seton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #186Stakesby Primary AcademyGood
- #187Starbeck Primary AcademyGood
- #188Staveley Community Primary SchoolGood
- #189Staynor Hall Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,197 (2024-25)
209th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #207Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School£6,207
- #208Coppice Valley Primary School£6,206
- #209Starbeck Primary Academy£6,197
- #210Stakesby Primary Academy£6,192
- #211East Ayton Community Primary School£6,190
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