Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Thornton Watlass, Ripon, HG4 4AH – View on map
- Phone: 01677422685
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jane Wood
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 1 family put it first for 1 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 1 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2020 10 · 2022 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 2
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.4%
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.1% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 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: 33% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 28 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 33% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 100
- Based on: 9 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 212th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =212Kellington Primary School33%
- =212Langton Primary School33%
- =212Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School33%
- =218Sharow Church of England Primary School31%
- =218Starbeck Primary Academy31%
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198th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #196Tadcaster Primary AcademyGood
- #197Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #198Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #199Thornton in Craven Community Primary SchoolGood
- #200Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £15,549 (2024-25)
8th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #6Goathland Primary School£16,529
- #7Alanbrooke Academy£16,524
- #8Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School£15,549
- #9Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy£15,217
- #10Luttons Community Primary Academy£15,133
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