Wheatcroft Community Primary School

North YorkshireCommunity school

Holbeck Hill, Scarborough, YO11 3BW

Headteacher: Mr G DyerSchool website ↗Pupils: 205 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Good
Inspected December 2023
Oversubscribed
73% of first-choice applicants offered a place
36%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected December 2023
73%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 5 December 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
36.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 71%·Writing 50%·Maths 50%All three 36%
Reading
Expected71%
Exceeding25%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected50%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected50%
Exceeding4%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
41
How many got their first choice?
30of 41 (73.2%)
How many applied in total?
112

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
39.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
7.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
14.0%
Boys and girls
52%girls·48%boys
106 girls, 99 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 66% (2017/18), currently 36%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1657.0%0.0%+1.0-0.4+0.4
2016/1758.0%6.0%+0.4-1.10.0
2017/1866.0%14.0%+0.6-0.2+0.2
2018/1961.0%3.0%-0.8-1.3-0.8
2022/2352.0%0.0%-0.3-2.70.0
2023/2450.0%3.0%---
2024/2536.0%0.0%---
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