Academy sponsor led · North Yorkshire

Friarage Community Academy

3–11Ages
249Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147448URN

Friargate, Scarborough, YO11 1HS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.8 below North Yorkshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Yorkshire

39 applications for 22 places · 101st of 136 in North Yorkshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

51%met the expected standard

North Yorkshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.8 below North Yorkshire median (2.5) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

39 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first

2026 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 2.5
2025 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
2024 3.9; North Yorkshire median median 2.4
2023 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
2022 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
2021 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2020 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
2019 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2018 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2015 0.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
2014 0.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 1 of 7 years.

This school
North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Friarage Community Primary School (URN 121317), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	22	39	1.8	22	1.00
Sep 2025	14	29	2.1	14	1.00
Sep 2024	14	55	3.9	14	1.00
Sep 2023	32	52	1.6	30	0.94
Sep 2022	26	37	1.4	25	0.96
Sep 2021	24	29	1.2	22	0.92
Sep 2020	26	35	1.4	26	1.00
Sep 2019 *	28	36	1.3	27	0.96
Sep 2018 *	41	50	1.2	40	0.98
Sep 2017 *	32	38	1.2	24	0.75
Sep 2016 *	38	46	1.2	32	0.84
Sep 2015 *	40	27	0.7	23	0.57
Sep 2014 *	41	38	0.9	28	0.68

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 60% · Maths 68% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%168th of 232 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard66%

North Yorkshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard15%

North Yorkshire 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard60%

North Yorkshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth0%

North Yorkshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard68%

North Yorkshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard11%

North Yorkshire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
North Yorkshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	51%	0%	103	102
2023/24	56%	0%	103	102
2022/23	31%	0%	99	98

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

Friarage Community AcademyThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.8applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Gladstone Road Primary School
1.2 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School
1.7 km · North Yorkshire

Requires improvement2024

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
1.8 km · North Yorkshire

Good2024

3.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Barrowcliff School
2.3 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy
2.4 km · North Yorkshire

2025

2.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Wheatcroft Community Primary School
2.5 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

3.0applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough
2.6 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Newby and Scalby Academy
2.9 km · North Yorkshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 147448 · 815/2015
Trust: Delta Academies Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 249 on roll
Free school meals: 58.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2019
Replaced: Friarage Community Primary School (URN 121317)
Address: Friargate, Scarborough, YO11 1HS
Local authority: North Yorkshire

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