Huntington Primary Academy
North Moor Road, Huntington, York, YO32 9QT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Jenny Holton
- Sponsor
- Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- York Outer
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 347
- URN
- 141908
- Local authority
- York
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01904947180
About this school
Huntington Primary Academy is a primary academy in York. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 347 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
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 62 | 63 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 49% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 68% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 63% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 59% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Huntington Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | York average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 65% | 63.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 61.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 61.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 384 |
| 2023/24 | 385 |
| 2024/25 | 362 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Huntington Primary Academy compares
Huntington Primary Academy ranked 31st of 47 primary schools in York for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 4.8% | 11.1% | 347 | — |
| New Earswick Primary School | 50% | 10.3% | 55.2% | 213 | 0.7 miles |
| Yearsley Grove Primary School | 41% | 5.9% | 24% | 385 | 1.0 miles |
| Headlands Primary School | 66% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 243 | 1.3 miles |
| Ralph Butterfield Primary School | 86% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 311 | 1.6 miles |
| Haxby Road Primary Academy | 50% | 7.4% | 30.4% | 293 | 1.7 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 report2 December 2025
- 6 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.05%
- English as an additional language
- 10.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 13.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Earswick Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · York
-
Yearsley Grove Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · York
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Headlands Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · York
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Ralph Butterfield Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · York
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Haxby Road Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · York
Other schools in York
Huntington Primary Academy ranks 61st 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 Huntington Primary Academy teach?
- Huntington Primary Academy teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in York.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Huntington Primary Academy?
- The acting headteacher of Huntington Primary Academy is Mrs Jenny Holton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Huntington Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Huntington Primary Academy, 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 Huntington Primary Academy?
- Huntington Primary Academy has 347 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Huntington Primary Academy full?
- Huntington Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 347 on roll (83%), 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 Huntington Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Huntington Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Huntington Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Huntington Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Huntington Primary Academy?
- Huntington Primary Academy is part of PATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Huntington Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Huntington Primary Academy rank locally?
- Huntington Primary Academy ranked 31st of 47 primary schools in York for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Huntington Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Huntington Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Huntington Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Huntington Primary Academy'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 2 July 2026.