Nawton Community Primary School
School Lane, Nawton, York, YO62 7SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Nichola Oxtoby
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Nawton CP School and Rosedale Abbey CP School Federation
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 90
- URN
- 121306
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01439771245
About this school
Nawton Community Primary School is a community primary school in York. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 90 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 36% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% | 43% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 43% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 36% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 98.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Nawton Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 96 |
| 2024/25 | 91 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nawton Community Primary School compares
Nawton Community Primary School ranked 60th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.6% | 26.7% | 90 | — |
| Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School | 44% | 5.8% | 36.8% | 181 | 2.2 miles |
| Helmsley Community Primary School | 76% | 5% | 12.1% | 177 | 2.7 miles |
| Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 13.6% | 61 | 3.5 miles |
| Sinnington Community Primary School | 100% | 4% | 4% | 110 | 5.2 miles |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 70% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 88 | 5.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report17 March 2026
- 2 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.74%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.55%
- Persistent absence
- 12.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · York
-
Helmsley Community Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · York
- 3.5 miles
-
Sinnington Community Primary School5.2 miles
Primary · York
- 5.8 miles
Other schools in York
Nawton Community Primary School ranks 31st of the 93 ranked primary schools in York.
- Acomb Primary School Primary
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School Primary
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe Primary
- Badger Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Barmby Moor Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bishopthorpe Infant School Primary
- Boroughbridge Primary School Primary
- Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Burton Green Primary School Primary
- Carr Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nawton Community Primary School teach?
- Nawton Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in York.
- Who is the headteacher of Nawton Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Nawton Community Primary School is Miss Nichola Oxtoby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nawton Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nawton Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Nawton Community Primary School?
- Nawton Community Primary School has 90 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Nawton Community Primary School full?
- Nawton Community Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 90 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Nawton Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Nawton Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Nawton Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Nawton Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Nawton Community Primary School?
- Nawton Community Primary School is part of the The Nawton CP School and Rosedale Abbey CP School Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Nawton Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nawton Community Primary School rank locally?
- Nawton Community Primary School ranked 60th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Nawton Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Nawton Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nawton Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nawton Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.