Scarcroft Primary School
Primary schoolScarcroft Primary School is a primary school in York, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 347 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), October 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 October 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 75% of pupils at Scarcroft Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in York and 62% in England.
19% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | York | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 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- All Saints Catholic School YorkSecondary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 55.1 (2025/26, provisional)340 m
- Millthorpe SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 50.2 (2025/26, provisional)430 m
- The Mount School (York)Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file500 m
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- St Paul's Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, September 2023720 m
- Fishergate Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in York
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).