Friarage Community Academy
Primary schoolFriarage Community Academy is a primary school in North Yorkshire, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 249 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 51% of pupils at Friarage Community Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in North Yorkshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Westwood AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed1 km
- Gladstone Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Childhaven Community Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, June 20241.2 km
- Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
- Scarborough University Technical CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 km
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Yorkshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).