Malton Primary Academy
Highfield Road, Malton, YO17 7DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Jill Anderson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Hull Collaborative Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 294
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- URN
- 148714
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01653692582
About this school
Malton Primary Academy is a primary academy in Malton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 173 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 35 | 35 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 54% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 69% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 40% | 60% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 46% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Malton 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 | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 223 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malton Primary Academy compares
Malton Primary Academy ranked 105th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 5.8% | 38.9% | 173 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 65% | 3.5% | 14.6% | 225 | 0.0 miles |
| Norton Community Primary School | 74% | 5.1% | 23.5% | 545 | 0.8 miles |
| Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 50% | 4.1% | 9.5% | 79 | 2.7 miles |
| Amotherby Community Primary School | 71% | 3.8% | 10.7% | 185 | 2.9 miles |
| Langton Primary School | 33% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 100 | 3.4 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)
- 38.86%
- English as an additional language
- 10.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.75%
- Persistent absence
- 17.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy0.0 miles
Primary · Malton
-
Norton Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Malton
- 2.7 miles
-
Amotherby Community Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Malton
-
Langton Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Malton
Other schools in Malton
Malton Primary Academy ranks 5th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Malton.
- Amotherby Community Primary School Primary
- Langton Primary School Primary
- Leavening Community Primary School Primary
- Luttons Community 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 Malton Primary Academy teach?
- Malton Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Malton.
- Who is the headteacher of Malton Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Malton Primary Academy is Miss Jill Anderson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Malton Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Malton 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 Malton Primary Academy?
- Malton Primary Academy has 173 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Malton Primary Academy full?
- Malton Primary Academy has capacity for 294 pupils and 173 on roll (59%), 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 Malton Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Malton Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Malton Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Malton Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Malton Primary Academy?
- Malton Primary Academy is part of HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Malton Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Malton Primary Academy rank locally?
- Malton Primary Academy ranked 105th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Malton Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Malton Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Malton Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Malton 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 10 July 2026.