Leavening Community Primary School
Back Lane, Leavening, Malton, YO17 9SW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sian Mitchell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 47
- URN
- 121453
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01653658313
About this school
Leavening Community Primary School is a community primary school in Malton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 47 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 25% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 100% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 38% | 25% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 50% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 97.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.10 | - | - |
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 Leavening 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 | 38% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 25% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44 |
| 2023/24 | 38 |
| 2024/25 | 46 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Leavening Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 17.4% | 47 | — |
| Langton Primary School | 33% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 100 | 2.5 miles |
| Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 57% | 4.3% | 8.3% | 97 | 3.4 miles |
| Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | — | 3.9% | 38.7% | 38 | 5.0 miles |
| Norton Community Primary School | 74% | 5.1% | 23.5% | 545 | 5.0 miles |
| Welburn Community Primary School | — | 4.7% | 17.4% | 47 | 5.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.39%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.33%
- Persistent absence
- 21.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Langton Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Malton
- 3.4 miles
- 5.0 miles
-
Norton Community Primary School5.0 miles
Primary · Malton
-
Welburn Community Primary School5.1 miles
Primary · York
Other schools in Malton
- Amotherby Community Primary School Primary
- Langton Primary School Primary
- Luttons Community Primary Academy Primary
- Malton Primary Academy Primary
- Norton Community Primary School Primary
- Rillington Primary School Primary
- Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Primary
- West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Malton School Secondary
- Norton School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Leavening Community Primary School teach?
- Leavening Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Malton.
- Who is the headteacher of Leavening Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Leavening Community Primary School is Mrs Sian Mitchell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Leavening Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Leavening 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 Leavening Community Primary School?
- Leavening Community Primary School has 47 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Leavening Community Primary School full?
- Leavening Community Primary School has capacity for 70 pupils and 47 on roll (67%), 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 Leavening Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Leavening Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Leavening Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Leavening Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Leavening Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Leavening Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Leavening Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Leavening Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Leavening 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.