Yarm Primary School
Spitalfields, Yarm, TS15 9HF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Jill Wood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Enquire Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 430
- Pupils on roll
- 316
- URN
- 140599
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642782731
About this school
Yarm Primary School is a primary academy in Yarm. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 316 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 45 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 73% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 22% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 84% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 91% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 89% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Yarm 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 | Stockton-on-Tees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 351 |
| 2023/24 | 331 |
| 2024/25 | 325 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Yarm Primary School compares
Yarm Primary School ranked 25th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 3.7% | 9.3% | 316 | — |
| Layfield Primary School | 69% | 4.1% | 23.8% | 217 | 0.5 miles |
| Levendale Primary School | 76% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 193 | 0.7 miles |
| Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School | 94% | 4.4% | 8.1% | 240 | 1.0 miles |
| Kirklevington Primary School | 63% | 3.4% | 9.3% | 143 | 1.4 miles |
| Junction Farm Primary School | 87% | 4% | 10.8% | 364 | 1.5 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)
- 9.31%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.74%
- Persistent absence
- 5.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Layfield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Yarm
-
Levendale Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Yarm
-
Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Kirklevington Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Yarm
-
Junction Farm Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Yarm
Yarm Primary School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Yarm.
- Hutton Rudby Primary School Primary
- Kirklevington Primary School Primary
- Layfield Primary School Primary
- Levendale Primary School Primary
- Conyers School Secondary
- Yarm Preparatory School Independent schools
- Yarm School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Yarm Primary School teach?
- Yarm Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Yarm.
- Who is the headteacher of Yarm Primary School?
- The headteacher of Yarm Primary School is Jill Wood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Yarm Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Yarm 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 Yarm Primary School?
- Yarm Primary School has 316 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Yarm Primary School full?
- Yarm Primary School has capacity for 430 pupils and 316 on roll (73%), 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 Yarm Primary School a faith school?
- No. Yarm Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Yarm Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Yarm Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Yarm Primary School?
- Yarm Primary School is part of THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Yarm Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Yarm Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Yarm Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Yarm Primary School rank locally?
- Yarm Primary School ranked 25th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Yarm Primary School's absence rate?
- Yarm Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Yarm Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Yarm 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 1 July 2026.