St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy is a primary school located in Knaresborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 08/03/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading and progress in writing are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

Check St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy location rating (nearby schools, safety, property prices, sport facilities etc.
Tentergate Road, Knaresborough

School Information

Address: Tentergate Road, Knaresborough, HG5 9BG
Website: http://www.stmaryscps.org
Telephone: 01423864631
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Alison Ashworth
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 142176

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 08/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 192
Number of Boys: 91
Number of Girls: 101

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1 Confidence interval -3.3 to 1.2
Writing
Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -2.2 to 1.9
Maths
Well Above Average: 4 Confidence interval 2 to 6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:80%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:17%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:110
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Tentergate Road , HG5 9BG 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School
Stockwell Road , HG5 0JN 		- not rated 640 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Meadowside Academy
Halfpenny Lane , HG5 0SL 		4out of 4 950 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Aspin Park Academy
Wetherby Road , HG5 8LQ 		4out of 4 1,735 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Starbeck Primary Academy
High Street , Starbeck HG2 7LL 		3out of 4 2,304 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King James's School
King James Road , HG5 8EB 		3out of 4 1,259 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Forest School
Park Lane , HG5 0DQ 		- not rated 1,254 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Springwater School
High Street , Starbeck HG2 7LW 		4out of 4 2,324 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Henshaws College
Bogs Lane , HG1 4ED 		- not rated 2,642 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

↑