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Academy sponsor led · North Yorkshire

Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 180Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140018URN

Seamer Road, Scarborough, YO12 4HF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 below North Yorkshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Yorkshire

44 applications for 21 places · 77th of 136 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
77%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 15 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 18 November 2025
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 7 February 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.4 below North Yorkshire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

44 applications · 21 places offered · 21 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.9; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202621442.1211.00
Sep 202513382.9120.92
Sep 202423492.1231.00
Sep 202314322.3120.86
Sep 202214151.1110.79
Sep 202120271.4130.65
Sep 202027421.6250.93
Sep 201928331.2250.89
Sep 201834381.1280.82
Sep 201733411.2280.85
Sep 201629371.3240.83
Sep 201542411.0270.64
Sep 201435431.2330.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 81% · Maths 88% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%37th of 232 in North Yorkshire
Reading
Expected standard92%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard42%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2577%19%107107
2023/2483%13%107106
2022/2377%10%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140018 · 815/2000
Trust
The David Ross Education Trust
Capacity
310 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals
41.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Hinderwell Community Primary School (URN 121320)
Address
Seamer Road, Scarborough, YO12 4HF
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources