Thornton Dale CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Castle Close, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, YO18 7TW – View on map
- Phone: 01751474345
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Camarah Mosey
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. 95% of them were 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 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.3%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 19% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 71% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 63% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 16 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 109th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =109Riccall Community Primary School63%
- =109St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy63%
- =109Thornton Dale CofE Primary School63%
- =115Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School62%
- =115Sheriff Hutton Primary School62%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,088 (2024-25)
217th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #215Hipswell Church of England Primary School£6,101
- #216St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy£6,095
- #217Thornton Dale CofE Primary School£6,088
- #218Hutton Rudby Primary School£6,075
- #219Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School£6,073
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