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Sowerby Primary Academy

Thirsk, YO7 1RX · North Yorkshire · primary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2022 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Primary
4.8/10 Broadly average

115th of 252 primary schools in North Yorkshire we can score, 290 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 4.5/10 against 3,329 of them, against 4.5/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 65.0 · 52 40% 2.07
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 4.0 · 35 25% 0.88

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 65.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared with the national median of 64%. Only 4.0% reached the higher standard. Its position is much the same whether compared with all schools or only those whose pupils have similar backgrounds (4.5 out of 10 either way). Ofsted rated the school Good in September 2022.

Getting in. The school has 291 pupils in a capacity of 339 places, leaving 48 spare spots. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who do not reach the higher standard in core subjects? What specific activities or trips are organised for Year 6 students? How does the school plan to maintain its Good rating following the 2022 inspection?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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