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Helmsley Community Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 177Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148376URN

Carlton Lane, Helmsley, York, YO62 5HB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
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

42 applications for 20 places · 77th of 136 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
76%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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)

42 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 0.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 0 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Helmsley Community Primary School (URN 121364), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202620422.1201.00
Sep 202516372.3161.00
Sep 202421371.8180.86
Sep 202317271.6181.06
Sep 202220211.1190.95
Sep 2021 *20221.1201.00
Sep 2020 *17211.2171.00
Sep 2019 *17160.9160.94
Sep 2018 *12151.3121.00
Sep 2017 *13161.2120.92
Sep 2016 *14211.5141.00
Sep 2015 *14161.1141.00
Sep 2014 *14181.3141.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 83% · Maths 79% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%46th of 232 in North Yorkshire
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard52%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard83%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard41%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2576%10%108106
2023/2447%16%102103
2022/2367%11%110104

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

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148376 · 815/2236
Trust
Areté Learning Trust
Capacity
168 pupils · 177 on roll
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2021
Replaced
Helmsley Community Primary School (URN 121364)
Address
Carlton Lane, Helmsley, York, YO62 5HB
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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